New TfL stats show more casualties caused by pedal bikes than taxis in 2020
New Transport for London (TfL) statistics reveals 64 casualties have been killed or seriously injured by pedal bikes in 2020 on London’s streets.
The figure released is nearly 40% more than injuries caused to others by a licensed taxi and nearly 30% more than that caused by the capital’s private hire fleet.
In the TfL ‘Safety, Health and Environment Quarterly report’ it highlights the main source of casualties as car drivers.
In 2020 1,704 car related injuries were recorded, equating to 67% of collisions that kill or seriously injure people outside the vehicle. This group remains the most likely to be involved in a collision that kills or seriously injures someone else on the road.
The report also highlights concerns over the increasing size of cars being driven in London. Bigger cars suggests greater potential harm to vulnerable road users due to the kinetic energy the bigger vehicles gernerate. Provisional figures for 2020 show that around one in five cars involved in collisions were sports utility vehicles (SUVs).
Motorcycles are most likely, per journey, to be involved in a collision that kills or seriously injures another road user, particularly people walking and cycling.
The report also says heavy goods vehicles also kill or seriously injure people at a rate disproportionate to their share of traffic.
