FOI request detail

Recorded road traffic accidents involving Uber vehicles.

Request ID: FOI-0737-1718
Date published: 05 July 2017

You asked

There is increasing concern by various organisations regarding the increase in road traffic accidents involving Uber vehicles. Have you any records of RTAs for the last 3 years. I would hope that records are available to you and this this information is readily to hand.

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-0737-1718

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 23 June 2017 asking for information about collisions involving Uber vehicles.

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.

 

I can confirm we do not hold the information you require.

 

We do not have any record of collisions split by individual Private Hire operator and so are unable to provide figures specifically for Uber vehicles. Collision data more generally can be found at the following link: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/safety-and-security/road-safety/london-collision?intcmp=33888

 

At the end of 2016 the Metropolitan Police Service implemented the Case Overview and Preparation Application system.  This allows the reporting of personal injury collisions involving taxis and private hire vehicles to be shown as two separate categories from 2017 onwards.

 

Road safety figures for the first quarter of 2017, including a breakdown of collisions involving taxis and private hire vehicles, are currently being fully verified and will be published later in the summer at: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/road-safety

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Lee Hill

Senior FOI Case Officer

 

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

 

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