Keith Gardner Head of Strategy and Business Development Surface Transport – Transport for London 24 th January 2008 Powered Two-Wheelers (P2W) in London

2010 casualty reduction targets and progress by 2004

Motorcycles are the highest risk mode Casualties per million passenger kms by mode, London 2004

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 reducing P2W 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%