Keith Gardner

Head of Strategy and Business Development

Surface Transport – Transport for London

24th January 2008

Powered Two-Wheelers (P2W) in London

40%

40%

40%

40%

50%

Motorcyclists

PedalCyclists

Pedestrians

All modes

Children

4%

40%

38%

38%

48%

Motorcyclists

PedalCyclists

Pedestrians

All modes

Children

2004 Actual 2010 Target

2010 casualty reduction targetsand progress by 2004

Motorcycles are the highest risk mode

0.1 0.3 0.4

6.16.9

GoodsVehicle

Bus / Coach Car / Taxi Pedal Cycle Motorcycle

Casualties per million passenger kms by mode, London 2004

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

10

15

21

26

31

36

41

46

51

56

61

66

Age

Num

ber

or

Rid

ers

Moped

M/C =< 125cc

M/C > 125cc

There is a casualty spike of young riders of low powered bikes & mopeds…

…and older riders are injured on more powerful bikes

Frequent types of P2W collisions

• Other vehicle turns right across the

P2W - about half of all accidents• P2W loses control – 11% of accidents• Head on collision - 6% of accidents• 1 in 5 between 7am and 10am• 1 in 5 in wet• Nearly 1 in 3 in dark• Oil and diesel often present on the road

The P2W Courier Trade in London

• Over 10,000 riders

• A 59% chance pa of a collision

• A 24% chance pa of a personal injury

collision

• One third of all London P2W casualties

• Courier Code for London

• Should Manage Occupational Road Risk

The P2W Courier Trade - suggestions

• P2Ws in bus lanes

• Campaigns to improve awareness

• More use of day time running lights

• Publicise the frequent types of collisions

• Advanced training

• Clearer signing

• Training with incentives

TfL’s approach to reducingP2W accidents

Three different elements adopted:

• Engineering

• Training

• Campaigns

Engineering solutions

• Designers need to ‘think bike’

• Surfaces – smooth, level, good grip, no slippery drain covers

• Avoid roadside objects and wire rope fences

• Junction design to consider sight lines and small frontal areas of P2Ws

• Look at bend sight-lines

• BikeSafe London Launched April 2003

• Observed rides plus classroom

• 5,000 by June 2004

Training

Campaigns – London’s big success story…

• Three TV & Cinema Campaigns to raise awareness of safety issues amongst P2W riders and car drivers

• The first ‘Don’t Look See’ tackled the issue where a vehicle turns right into the path of the P2W

• The second ‘Crash’ tackled the issue of inappropriate speed

• The third ‘The day you went to work’ tackled the issue of the P2W rider losing control

Campaigns – London’s big success story…

• By 2005 a 9% reduction in P2W riders killed or seriously injured had been achieved (compared to only 4% by 2004) against the 2010 target of 40%