Map reveals London’s most dangerous junctions for cyclists

Cycling campaigners person accused London transport bosses and councils of failing to curb cyclist and pedestrian deaths.

London Cycling Campaign has revealed the astir unsafe junctions for cyclists and pedestrians successful the capital.

It comes aft respective susceptible roadworthy users person been killed connected London roads – contempt a driblet successful the fig of fatalities overall.

Wandsworth assembly was named the borough with the astir unsafe junction for cycling successful the city, according to LCC – Upper Tooting Road clump successful southwest London. Scroll down to spot the map.

The run radical accused the Wandsworth assembly person for ‘completely’ ignoring its calls to hole the astir unsafe junctions.

They besides deed retired astatine TfL, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and different borough leaders who ‘continue to utter the aforesaid platitudes and much families suffer’ and deficiency of betterment astatine the hotspots.

‘The existent complaint of advancement connected specified junctions means the Mayor’s ambition for an extremity to roadworthy deaths successful London by 2041 volition surely beryllium missed,’ it said.

Top 10 astir unsafe London junctions

The London Cycling Campaign utilized authoritative information from TfL and the exigency services to make the latest ranking.

Upper Tooting Road – which comes nether the remit of TfL and Wandsworth assembly – was connected apical of the list.

It was named for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment aft 2 superior collisions and six flimsy crashes successful 2023 alone.

Despite boasting the Cycle Superhighway CS7, cyclists connected Upper Tooting Road proceed ‘to look vehicles ‘constantly turning crossed them’ astatine the junctions on with ‘rat running,’ the campaigners said.

A cyclist was rushed to infirmary with life-threatening injuries aft a 50-year-old van operator crashed into them connected Tooting Bec Road connected November 1. The motorist was arrested connected suspicion of causing idiosyncratic wounded by unsafe driving, failing to halt astatine an mishap and being unfit done drink.

Just a time after, a cyclist successful his 20s was killed successful Putney, Wandsworth, aft being deed by a lorry astatine the junction of A3 West Hill and Lytton Grove, the Standard reports.

Tom Fayes, the main enforcement of London Cycling Campaign, told Metro: ‘There person been immoderate truly harmless junction designs delivered successful London for radical walking and cycling – and immoderate person been done arsenic trials utilizing impermanent materials, rapidly and cheaply.

‘So we cognize what tin beryllium done – unluckily it’s not being done precise often and there’s inactive acold excessively overmuch dithering and hold astir junctions changes by boroughs and TfL.’

He asked ‘how galore much superior injuries and fatalities volition it instrumentality for politicians to act?’

Although wide roadworthy deaths successful London – including each types of vehicles and roadworthy users – are astatine grounds low, cyclist and pedestrian deaths person increased.

Last year, 49 pedestrians and 8 cyclists were killed successful London.

TfL said wide roadworthy fatalities person dropped by 30% successful London compared with 7% successful the remainder of the UK.

Jenny Yates, Wandsworth’s furniture subordinate for transport told the Standard: ‘Our thoughts spell retired to the families and loved ones of the cyclist killed.

‘Officers astatine the assembly person been moving hard with TfL, nether whom work for the bulk of these junctions fall. This is to guarantee information is improved for everyone utilizing the roads.

‘As a assembly we are keen to promote cycling and to marque it harmless and casual for radical to marque their journeys crossed the borough. We proceed to perceive to residents and cardinal partners and we’re taking a fig of important steps to assistance arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable consciousness they tin locomotion oregon rhythm safely.’

Penny Rees, TfL’s Head of Healthy Streets Investment, told Metro successful a statement: ‘Our deepest sympathies are with each of those impacted by nonaccomplishment of beingness and injuries connected the transport network.

‘Reducing information connected roads crossed the superior is simply a captious portion of our Vision Zero committedness to destruct decease and superior wounded and we are committed to making life-saving changes astatine immoderate of the capital’s astir unsafe and intimidating junctions, arsenic portion of our £150m per twelvemonth Safe & Healthy Streets funding.’

TfL said it has completed enactment astatine 45 Safer Junctions crossed London portion enactment has present started astatine Lambeth and Battersea bridges.

London boroughs person received £50,000,000 implicit the adjacent 3 years to amended information of section roads, TfL added.

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