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Sources of Road
Danger and a Vision
Zero approach
Leon Daniels
Managing Director,
Surface Transport,
Transport for London
24 January 2016
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Contents
1. London’s progress in reducing casualties
2. Adopting Vision Zero for London
3. Key principles - tackling the Sources of Road Danger
5. Achievements so far and our future programme
6. Next steps and working in partnership
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London’s roads are at their safest since records began, but
pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists remain a priority
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42% reduction in deaths and serious injuries in 2015 (from 20052009 baseline)
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Lowest casualty figures for over 30 years
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London is growing and aims to be a city with Healthy Streets.
Vision Zero for London will make our streets safer
Vision Zero for London will be a core part of
this change.
Key principles include:
• Loss of life and serious injuries are not
acceptable nor inevitable
• Reducing road danger is a core value for
TfL, the boroughs and the police
• Targeting road danger at source and
reducing the dominance of the motor
vehicle
• Reducing the dominance of the car on
London’s roads
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Adopting Vision Zero will ensure we achieve Healthy Streets that
contribute to improving Londoners’ quality of life
HEALTH
Y
STREET
S
Mode
shift
away
from
private
vehicles
Reduce
dominanc
e of
motor
traffic
• Minimising road danger to
ensure there is no loss of life
or serious injury
• Ensuring people feel safe to
enable mode shift to
walking and cycling and
public transport
People from all
walks of life feel
confident to
walk and cycle
and use public
transport
People
are safer
People
feel safer
VISION
ZERO
• Recognise the challenge of
improving safety while
increasing numbers of
people walking and cycling
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TfL is developing its plans for Vision Zero for London and this
will be central to the new Mayor’s Transport Strategy
Draft
Mayor’s
Transport
Strategy
including
Vision Zero
for London
Autumn 2016
Winter 2016
Spring 2017
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No death or serious injury on London’s roads is
inevitable or acceptable
We will continue our Safe Systems approach:
• People make mistakes
• Physical limits to what the
human body can tolerate
• Shared responsibility for one
another’s safety
And tackle the key sources of road danger
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London has already led the way with innovative and evidencebased road safety interventions
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20mph zones and limits
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•
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Motorcycle safety
interventions
Trials of Average speed camera
Infrastructure to
improve cycle
safety
•
Community RoadWatch
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Our ambitious future programme to reduce road danger for
pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, includes
• Direct Vision Standard
• Collaboration with Police on education and
enforcement
• Safer junctions
• 20mph limits
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Delivering a broad programme of bus safety improvements,
reducing the risk posed to other road users
• Six workstreams in the ambitious Bus Safety
Programme
• Focus on vehicle technology and design
improvements for London Buses to set a new
standard for bus safety
• Evidence based approach
• Effective solutions for real challenges
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Working together in partnership to achieve
Vision Zero for London
• Real progress made in reducing casualties
• Vision Zero for London where no loss of life in
inevitable or acceptable
• Healthy Streets agenda will capture
improvements in safety to enable mode shift
• TfL’s commitment to the boroughs
• Delivering road safety in collaboration with
our partners
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Thank you
Leon Daniels
Managing Director,
Surface Transport,
Transport for London