FOI request detail

Road traffic collisions at the junction between Long Lane and Oakfield Road

Request ID: FOI-2426-2223
Date published: 20 January 2023

You asked

Dear Transport for London, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am seeking information about road traffic collisions at the junction between Long Lane and Oakfield Road, in Finchley, N3. Specifically, I would like to request the following information: 1) The number of road traffic collisions at this junction in the past five years, broken down by year. 2) For each of these, the date, location and details of the collision, including any injuries or fatalities resulting from these road traffic collisions. 3) Any reports or studies conducted by the police regarding the causes of these road traffic collisions, and any recommendations made for improving safety at this junction. I would be grateful if you could provide this information as soon as possible and in any event within the statutory time limit of 20 working days. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

We answered

TfL Ref: 2426-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27 December 2022 asking for information about road traffic collisions at the junction between Long Lane and Oakfield Road, N3.
 
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 some of the information you require. You asked:
Road traffic collisions at the junction between Long Lane and Oakfield Road
Dear Transport for London, 
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am seeking information about road traffic collisions at the junction between Long Lane and Oakfield Road, in Finchley, N3. 
Specifically, I would like to request the following information:
1) The number of road traffic collisions at this junction in the past five years, broken down by year. 
2) For each of these, the date, location and details of the collision, including any injuries or fatalities resulting from these road traffic collisions.
3) Any reports or studies conducted by the police regarding the causes of these road traffic collisions, and any recommendations made for improving safety at this junction.



Details of personal injury collision information provided to Transport for London by the police for the London area is available on our website. https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/road-safety.

This is updated as soon as information is processed and available. The latest data is currently to end July 2022, with all 2022 records currently provisional. Records may be added at a later date removed or amended while provisional.

By using the interactive Road Danger Reduction Dashboard it is possible to pinpoint a particular area  and view a summary of collisions at the location.

Page 4 should be useful, details of how to use this function are available on the webpage if needed.

Details includes severity, year and mode. By hovering over the collision map it is also possible to get a redacted description of how the collision occurred.

Data is available from January 2017 and is collected by the police using Department for Transport guidance. More details on the recording process are available on the DfT website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stats19-forms-and-guidance


In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

For question 3, this junction is not on the Transport for London Road Network TLRN junction and we don’t hold the information being requested. You may want to contact the London Borough of Barnet to see what information they may hold on this: https://www.barnet.gov.uk/your-council/open-data-and-information-requests/freedom-information

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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