In 2022, 102 people were killed and 3,859 people were seriously injured in collisions on London’s roads [1].
Action Vision Zero, which supports campaigns to end road danger and traffic harm, has said that over 3,500 serious injuries from road collisions are reported in the capital each year, but “only around 100 of the very serious (i.e. broken back/neck), receive a forensic investigation” [2].
The Metropolitan Police Service’s Roads and Transport Policing Command, established in 2014, oversees policing on London’s roads and transport network.
It works in partnership with, and is jointly funded by, Transport for London to tackle transport-related crime, improve road safety, and reduce the number of traffic-related deaths and injuries on London’s roads.
As part of an investigation into serious injury collisions in London, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee will question the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on its response and approach to investigating serious injury collisions in London.
It will also examine how the MPS deals with misconduct and grievances and what progress has been since Baroness Casey published her independent review into standards and culture in the Service.
Part 1 – Police investigation of serious injury collisions (10am to 11.20am)
- Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox, OCU Commander, Transformation Programme and NPCC lead for Collision Investigation Programme, MPS
- Ross Morrell, Acting Detective Superintendent Roads and Transport, Serious Collision Investigation Unit, MPS
- Superintendent Dan Card, North East Basic Command Unit, MPS
- Commander Kyle Gordon, MPS
- Pauline Pateman-West, Head of Met Prosecutions, MPS
Part 2 – How MPS deals with misconduct and grievances (11.25am to 12.30pm)
- Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
- Judith Mullet, Head of MPS Oversight – Workforce and Professionalism, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
The meeting will take place on Wednesday 24 January 2024 from 10am, in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- Transport for London Casualties in Greater London during 2022, September 2023
- Action Vison Zero, APPG: Cycling & Walking: Justice Inquiry Collision Investigation, May 2023
- Read the agenda papers.
- Caroline Russell AM, Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the work of the Police and Crime Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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