More Than 50,000 Pedestrians Hurt Or Killed On London Roads In 6 Years

12.01.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 7th Apr 2004

Speaking on World Health Day which is specifically highlighting road deaths, Liberal Democrat London Mayoral candidate, Simon Hughes, today revealed new figures that show 51,480 people have been killed or injured on the roads in London since 1997.

The figures revealed in a Parliamentary answer to Mr Hughes, show that for the most recent figures available (1997-2002), 793 people were killed, with 50,687 injured in London.

While numbers of casualties have been going down over recent years, Mr Hughes called for Councils not to become complacent.

Mr Hughes said:- "It is certainly welcome that the number of fatalities and injuries on London roads are going down. But with more than 50,000 pedestrians killed and injured by road traffic since 1997, we must make sure that protection of pedestrians is kept at the forefront of transport policy."

"Councils should be rightly proud of the initial steps taken to reduce the number of injuries and deaths of pedestrians on our roads. However, there is no room for complacency."

"Constant ideas need to be sought and initiated by Local Boroughs to ensure that the road death and injury toll is kept to a minimum."

ENDS

Notes

Figures taken from Parliamentary answer shows that between 1997-2002 (the most recent figures available), the number of deaths and injuries sustained by pedestrians on the roads were:-

Pedestrian casualties by severity for Greater London: 1997-2002

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Total 1997-2002

Barking

Killed

3

2

3

2

2

1

13

Injured

156

167

138

130

125

121

837

Bamet

Killed

6

5

6

6

4

5

32

Injured

260

298

319

274

274

257

1682

Bexley

Killed

3

2

1

2

3

1

12

Injured

122

132

152

144

149

131

830

Brent

Killed

3

5

8

9

2

2

29

Injured

323

310

318

323

264

281

1819

Bromley

Killed

2

5

7

6

3

3

26

Injured

248

195

198

155

188

200

1184

Camden

Killed

6

3

7

5

4

5

30

Injured

458

412

439

423

395

360

2487

City of London

Killed

0

2

0

2

0

0

4

Injured

160

165

159

153

126

115

878

Croydon

Killed

4

3

1

7

4

9

28

Injured

334

327

363

308

306

263

1901

Ealing

Killed

10

5

12

5

5

9

46

Injured

347

321

376

335

303

303

1985

Enfield

Killed

9

4

5

2

3

2

25

Injured

287

267

265

249

221

237

1526

Greenwich

Killed

3

7

1

3

3

6

23

Injured

250

238

233

228

208

207

1364

Hackney

Killed

4

4

1

6

4

2

21

Injured

338

312

319

299

304

250

1822

Hammersmith

Killed

6

3

3

3

2

2

19

Injured

258

209

258

204

214

199

1342

Haringey

Killed

5

1

1

6

10

8

31

Injured

309

292

294

355

297

296

1843

Harrow

Killed

2

1

5

2

5

1

16

Injured

170

150

141

135

141

100

837

Havering

Killed

5

2

3

2

5

1

18

Injured

138

168

137

121

161

124

849

Hillingdon

Killed

9

0

5

4

0

4

22

Injured

223

201

169

166

186

181

1126

Hounslow

Killed

5

5

5

6

4

5

30

Injured

232

199

173

185

182

160

1131

Islington

Killed

6

7

4

6

2

4

29

Injured

330

363

321

328

309

305

1956

Kensington and Chelsea

Killed

4

4

4

3

5

4

24

Injured

327

327

304

271

250

201

1680

Kingston-upon-Thames

Killed

7

4

3

0

2

1

17

Injured

129

91

82

96

98

97

593

Lambeth

Killed

9

9

3

5

9

5

40

Injured

436

490

452

437

392

359

2566

Lewisham

Killed

2

7

4

3

5

3

24

Injured

353

309

345

320

261

272

1860

Merton

Killed

1

2

3

3

2

0

11

Injured

154

163

158

143

143

108

869

Newham

Killed

1

2

6

2

5

1

17

Injured

316

321

307

310

270

257

1781

Redbridge

Killed

6

3

6

5

4

2

26

Injured

176

189

195

171

177

166

1074

Richmond-upon-Thames

Killed

1

1

2

2

1

1

8

Injured

127

108

116

119

116

116

702

Southwark

Killed

5

3

4

3

6

3

24

Injured

370

371

375

375

352

303

2146

Sutton

Killed

2

2

3

1

2

4

14

Injured

118

119

119

110

98

80

644

Tower Hamlets

Killed

6

2

5

7

3

5

28

Injured

238

288

250

255

258

212

1501

Waltham Forest

Killed

6

3

2

6

4

4

25

Injured

228

278

234

211

210

194

1355

Wandsworth

Killed

5

2

3

5

2

0

17

Injured

270

275

291

276

290

267

1669

Westminster

Killed

13

8

8

12

13

10

64

Injured

849

868

870

869

752

640

4848

London

Killed and injured

11190

11039

11003

10619

10149

9477

51480