The number of people being killed in crashes on London roads has increased by 16 per cent in a year – including a cyclist who was revealed this week to have died a fortnight after being hit by a bus.
Campaigners said the capital was at “crisis” levels in terms of the number of road deaths and demanded action from the mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, and Transport for London.
Provisional data collected by TfL lists a total of 130 road fatalities in Greater London in 2024.
This includes 66 pedestrians, 10 cyclists, 18 motorcyclists, 27 car occupants, three bus occupants, five HGV occupants and one e-scooter rider.
The number of pedestrians to die in road collisions has increased by almost 25 per cent year-on-year.
The 10 cyclists killed in London in 2024 include a man who was in collision with a route 250 bus in Streatham Hill on December 14.
London Cyclist Deaths 2024
He was taken to hospital but died about two weeks later. The cyclist’s death – his name has not been made public - only emerged this week in a report by London transport commissioner Andy Lord to the TfLboard.
It was the third fatality of 2024 involving a cyclist being hit by a London bus.
Less than a month earlier, just after midnight on November 23, another male cyclist was fatally injured by a bus on Westferry Road, Tower Hamlets. The 45-year-old, who has not been named by police, died at the scene.
The figures came as a “ghost bike” was erected at the junction of Stratford High Street and Carpenters Road where a cyclist, believed to be 22, was killed in collision with a turning HGV on January 13.
The ghost bike was put in place during a Critical Mass London protest ride to Stratford last Friday evening. About 500 riders brought the eastbound traffic to a standstill for about 20 minutes.
The riders let off fireworks and red smoke canisters, while ringing their bells and chanting in support of the killed cyclist.
The London Cycling Campaign, in collaboration with Newham Cyclists, is holding a protest ride on Monday February 24 from 6.15pm, to call on TfL and Newham council to fix dangerous junctions on Stratford High Street, along which runs TfL’s cycle superhighway 2.
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