FOI request detail

TfL Vehicle Fires

Request ID: FOI-1323-1718
Date published: 27 September 2017

You asked

Follow on from FOI-1031-1718: with regard to the damage, please can you advise, in respect of the damage & value of same the fire caused to surrounding property. For example the road surface / resurfacing costs and how this was paid for To help me understand the context of this, please could you advise the number of vehicles in the fleet i.e. what proportion of the whole does 2 represent.

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-1323-1718

Thank you for your request received on 31 August 2017 asking for further information about damage done by vehicle fires involving the TfL fleet.

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 hold the information you require.

I can confirm that neither incident resulted in any resurfacing costs. Our current fleet size is 1170 so two vehicles represents 0.17% of the total fleet.

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.

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

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[email protected]

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