Transport for London’s (TfL) Safety, health and environment annual report states that in 2022/2023 there were 8,112 reports of customer injuries on the transport network, including 214 serious injuries and four deaths.[1]
The Mayor's Transport Strategy sets out the goal for Vison Zero for London that, by 2041, all deaths and serious injuries will be eliminated from London's transport network.[2]
The Mayor has also set targets for nobody to be killed on or by a London bus by 2030, and for no fatalities on the Underground by 2024. An interim target was also set for a 70 per cent reduction in deaths and serious injuries for buses by 2022.[3]
However, By the end of 2022, the number of people killed or seriously injured in collisions involving London buses had reduced by 54 per cent, meaning TfL did not meet the interim target.
In the first of a two-part investigation into transport safety, the London Assembly Transport Committee will tomorrow examine TfL’s initiatives to prevent deaths and injuries on its bus and tube networks, such as investing in new technologies and tackling driver fatigue.
Guests include:
Panel 1 – 10am – 10.50am:
- Tom Kearney, Bus Safety Campaigner, #LondonBusWatch
- John Murphy, Regional Officer, Unite the Union
- Professor Andrew Morris, Professor of Human Factors in Transport Safety and Director of Internationalisation (Design School), Loughborough University
Panel 2 – 10:55am – 12pm:
- Lilli Matson, Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, TfL
- Tom Cunnington, Head of Bus Business Development, TfL
- Richard Jones, Director of Asset Performance and Facilities, TfL
- Jon Eardley, Managing Director, Abellio
Panel 3 – 12.05pm – 12.55pm:
- Lilli Matson, Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, TfL
- Richard Jones, Director of Asset Performance and Facilities, TfL
- Richard Hines, HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways, Railway Safety Directorate, Office of Rail and Road
The meeting will take place on Tuesday 7 November 2023 from 10am, in the Chamber, 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
- TfL, Safety, health and environment annual report 2022-23
- The Mayor's transport strategy
- Vision Zero action plan progress report (tfl.gov.uk)
- Transport Committee - Tuesday 7 November 2023 meeting (10am), full agenda
- Keith Prince AM, Chairman of the Transport Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the Transport 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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