TfL Ref: FOI-1040-1718        

Thank you for your email received by us on 01 August 2017 asking for information about accident statistics involving TfL buses and cyclists.

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. You asked for:

“Serious and Slight accidents involving TfL buses and cyclist over the last five years, sorted by year please. Or the last five years of data that is held.”

Accidents involving TfL buses are recorded by the Police in the combined category bus and coach, this is defined by the Department of Transports STATS20 guide Instructions for the Completion of Road Accident Reports. Our personal injury database is therefore unable to provide these numbers.

Please see a table below showing serious and slight collisions involving a bus or coach and a pedal cycle.  Note that the cyclist may not have been injured. The data is for the last five years to the end of November 2016.  All the 2016 numbers are provisional and are subject to change.

Serious and slight collisions involving a bus or coach and a pedal cycle December 2011 to end November 2016 provisional

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/road-safety

The 2016 data will be published once its available.

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

Paulina Tuffour
FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London