This report presents information and a commentary on road traffic collisions occurring on the public highway involving personal injury in the Greater London area. These are collisions reported to the Metropolitan and City of London police forces during 2007 in accordance with the Stats 19 national reporting system. The report also provides a summary of the work carried out by the London Road Safety Unit (LRSU) during the year. The LRSU is part of the London-wide body Transport for London (TfL) which works on behalf of the Mayor, operating London’s most important roads and implementing the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, including London’s Road Safety Plan. The Greater London area comprises the 32 London boroughs and the City of London. It is the largest metropolitan area in Great Britain. Data is presented on collisions, casualties injured and types of vehicles involved. These are presented in total and also analysed by the range of factors collected about each collision as part of the Stats 19 system. Data has been presented in two ways: firstly to show how the main collision, casualty and vehicle trends in Greater London compare with previous years, and secondly, to present a more detailed picture of collision, casualty and vehicle factors during 2007 in each of the London boroughs. These factors include severity of collision and casualty, weather and road surface conditions, junction control, class of road user, age and gender of casualty, vehicle type and vehicle manoeuvre. (Author/publisher)
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