New statistics

In the first six months of 2009, 100 people were killed on London’s roads, eight per cent more than in the first six months of 2008. “Killed and seriously injured” fell to 1,484 in the same period,15 per cent fewer than in 2008. ‘All casualties’ were 13,118, 3.9 per cent lower than the first six months of 2008.

Eight cyclists died on London’s roads in the first six months of 2009. In total, there were 1,464 cyclists injured in the first six months of 2009, 17 per cent more than the same period in 2008.