‘Vision Zero an ambitious plan.
‘Safety numbers on London roads are improving’
FULL QUARTERLY COUNCIL MEETING – Wed 14th October 2026.
A Full Council meeting at the City of London Corporation, Guildhall, the Hon. Secretary, Alderman Wendy Brice Thompson. Chair’s welcome - Richard Livingstone Borough Southwark. An introduction of borough members from across Central London from Hackney to Bromley. Westminster to Kensington.
Presentation by Zoe Cotton, Stephen Masson & Kerry Meehan, Transport for London to include a presentation on the various data sources used at TfL for Vision Zero, an ambitious plan toward zero serious incidents.
Vision Zero for London – VZAP2
Zoe Cotton, from TfL, Data, road risk. Zoe explained, ‘Delivering the Mayor's transport strategy, 3 Vision Zero plans beginning 2018. VZAP2 plan two, an ambitious plan. The plan is built of robust evidence with an effectiveness search of what works. Everything in the plan comes from clear research, trusted data. We are held to account of GLA practice for statistics.’
Stephen Mason, ‘Where does the data come from? The records we use are all owned by the Police. All the data comes from the Police, 90% from Met, ten per-cent from City. Data is linked via Collstats (STATS 19 guidance) to the TfL data base. Today about 37% of traffic reports are self-entered. These are more typically minor incidents. Total casualties for 2025 at 23,792 is down 25% on the 2010-14 base line. ‘ Discussion on data related to e-bikes, lack of id re number plate and the data capture category incidents are placed in. Car occupant serious incident numbers are growing. Discussion on floating bus stop data. Also discussion on minor accidents never reported, such as an individual falling from their bicycle. ‘Under-reporting concerns. Car spreading got a mention for larger vehicle implications. Bojnnet height measurement was on the agenda.
Kerry Meehan TfL, Update on police enforcement, since Feb, Met & City Police delivered over six thousand arrests with over twenty thousand fines. Members of public via portal in last 5 months reported 4571 allegations. There are five mobile cameras that boroughs can request to local deployment over eight hour periods. New ways to discourage speeding from action plan two include work with borough officers, online individual borough workshops with TfL. Work on lower speed limits starts 2027 in sections of key roads, Lewisham A21 Redbridge A11, Merton A24, Haringey A1.
Minutes of the Executive Committee held on 30th September 2026 – John Paschoud ‘A lack of income with limited income from the boroughs. A membership officer is needed to work with the boroughs.’
Items from Members – An ask for more police communications. ‘Boroughs hunting up-to-date data on local accidents.’ – News from Cllr. Jacob Cable on a road charging strategy for Hackney, demand management and strategy for safer roads across Lonon.
Date of next meeting – 20th January 2027.
