1. Rush-hour truck ban

2. HGV road safety overall improving
Background
HGV road safety overall improving
Number of fatal incidents involving HGVs down 45% in last 10 years
Across UK urban areas the HGV not the main issue as regards cycling safety
Typically HGVs involved in around 20% of fatalities
London the exception
consistently 50% of cyclist fatalities involve HGVs
This year to date, 7 out of 8 fatalities involve HGVs
Scale of issue causing many in London to talk about banning lorries

3. Not solve cycling fatalities issue
Peak Hours HGV Ban
Not solve cycling fatalities issue
2013: two of 13 cycling fatalities involved lorries at peak hours in central London
Safety impact on other users
Bunching of HGVs: different peaks for different users - majority of London’s pedestrian fatalities in 2014 were between 7pm and 7am
Switch to vans: twice the cyclist fatality rate per tonne km
Air quality / carbon impacts
Congestion impacts
Economic / cost impacts
Carbon: more than three times higher for van than HGVs per tonne km.
HGV: 3.5 PCUs. But 10 times as much freight. So replacing one HGV take up the equivalent of 6 and a half car lengths.
It costs 3.8 times more per kilometre to run an HGV compared to a van – it carries at least 10 times as much, so replacing HGVs with vans multiplies costs by 2 and a half times.

4. Enable off-peak deliveries Enforcement of HGV laws Vehicle design
If not a ban…
Enable off-peak deliveries
Enforcement of HGV laws
Vehicle design
Use of technology
Driver training
Infrastructure
Cycling culture
Both driver awareness and cyclists behaviour