FOI request detail

London Road Casualties 2020

Request ID: FOI-0743-2122
Date published: 22 July 2021

You asked
Sirs, Please can you tell these figures for London for the year 2020: 1. How many were casualties in total? 2. How many died? 3. How many were victims of hit and run? 4. How many of them died? 5. How many were pedestrian casualties? 6. How many pedestrians died?

We answered

TfL Ref: 0743- 21/22

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 8 July 2021 asking for information about road casualties in London in 2020.
 
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require. Your questions and our replies are as follows:


1. How many were casualties in total? 21,001
2. How many died? 96
3. How many were victims of hit and run*? 7,264
4. How many of them died? 14
5. How many were pedestrian casualties? 1,306
6. How many pedestrians died? 12

* Please note that this only includes ‘hit and run’ and does not include ‘failed to stop’. In many cases the driver or rider subsequently reports the incident.

More details of what is recorded in collision information can be found in the Department for Transport document ‘The Instructions for the Completion of Road Accident Reports’ which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230596/stats20-2011.pdf

Further information along with the answers to your questions 1 & 2 can also be found in our end of year factsheet on our website which can be accessed using the following link: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/road-safety

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely


Sara Thomas
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
 

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