keith gardner head of strategy and business development surface transport – transport for london
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Keith Gardner
Head of Strategy and Business Development
Surface Transport – Transport for London
24th January 2008
Powered Two-Wheelers (P2W) in London
40%
40%
40%
40%
50%
Motorcyclists
PedalCyclists
Pedestrians
All modes
Children
4%
40%
38%
38%
48%
Motorcyclists
PedalCyclists
Pedestrians
All modes
Children
2004 Actual 2010 Target
2010 casualty reduction targetsand progress by 2004
Motorcycles are the highest risk mode
0.1 0.3 0.4
6.16.9
GoodsVehicle
Bus / Coach Car / Taxi Pedal Cycle Motorcycle
Casualties per million passenger kms by mode, London 2004
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
10
15
21
26
31
36
41
46
51
56
61
66
Age
Num
ber
or
Rid
ers
Moped
M/C =< 125cc
M/C > 125cc
There is a casualty spike of young riders of low powered bikes & mopeds…
…and older riders are injured on more powerful bikes
Frequent types of P2W collisions
• Other vehicle turns right across the
P2W - about half of all accidents• P2W loses control – 11% of accidents• Head on collision - 6% of accidents• 1 in 5 between 7am and 10am• 1 in 5 in wet• Nearly 1 in 3 in dark• Oil and diesel often present on the road
The P2W Courier Trade in London
• Over 10,000 riders
• A 59% chance pa of a collision
• A 24% chance pa of a personal injury
collision
• One third of all London P2W casualties
• Courier Code for London
• Should Manage Occupational Road Risk
The P2W Courier Trade - suggestions
• P2Ws in bus lanes
• Campaigns to improve awareness
• More use of day time running lights
• Publicise the frequent types of collisions
• Advanced training
• Clearer signing
• Training with incentives
TfL’s approach to reducingP2W accidents
Three different elements adopted:
• Engineering
• Training
• Campaigns
Engineering solutions
• Designers need to ‘think bike’
• Surfaces – smooth, level, good grip, no slippery drain covers
• Avoid roadside objects and wire rope fences
• Junction design to consider sight lines and small frontal areas of P2Ws
• Look at bend sight-lines
• BikeSafe London Launched April 2003
• Observed rides plus classroom
• 5,000 by June 2004
Training
Campaigns – London’s big success story…
• Three TV & Cinema Campaigns to raise awareness of safety issues amongst P2W riders and car drivers
• The first ‘Don’t Look See’ tackled the issue where a vehicle turns right into the path of the P2W
• The second ‘Crash’ tackled the issue of inappropriate speed
• The third ‘The day you went to work’ tackled the issue of the P2W rider losing control
Campaigns – London’s big success story…
• By 2005 a 9% reduction in P2W riders killed or seriously injured had been achieved (compared to only 4% by 2004) against the 2010 target of 40%
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