Transport for London has published its annual casualty statistics revealing that nine people were killed while cycling in the capital city last year.
This is higher than the eight people killed while cycling in 2023, but is a third lower than the 2010-2014 baseline.
But TfL also points out that cycling has seen an increase in London from 1.26 million daily cycling journeys in 2025 to 1.33 million in 2024, and says this 5 per cent increase means: “that the risk to people cycling remains the same despite massive growth.”
“TfL remains committed to improving cycle safety and ensuring cycling is sustainable, safe and accessible for all, and has quadrupled the cycle lane network since 2016,” the local government body says.
“To continue to reduce risk and increase the number of people who choose to cycle, TfL and the boroughs will continue to expand the Cycleway network, tackle road danger hotspots, fund cycle training and improve cycle parking.”
A total of 110 people were killed on London’s roads in 2024, with TfL saying it “remains committed to working closely with London’s boroughs, the police and other partners to eliminate death and serious injury from London’s streets by 2041.”
The statistics also reveal that road casualties are at their lowest levels outside the pandemic. The provisional number of people killed or seriously injured on London roads fell from 3,710 in 2023 to 3,696.
There has also been a 12 per cent reduction in serious injuries to children, while pedestrian serious injuries have reduced by 8 per cent.
“Cars continued to be involved in most collisions that killed or seriously injured someone else in 2024. Excess speed remains one of the biggest risks to road users, with around half of the 2024 fatal collisions in London reporting speed as a contributory factor,” TfL says.
TfL recently published new research that showed “the number of people killed and seriously injured on borough roads in London reduced by 34 per cent (from 395 to 260) following the implementation of the 20mph speed limits on borough roads between 1989 and 2013 [2], and the number of children killed reduced by 75 per cent.”
Of all people killed or seriously injured in 2024, 81 per cent (2,988 people) were walking, cycling or motorcycling.
Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance, said: “These figures show encouraging signs that our efforts to reduce road danger in London are making a difference, but every death or serious injury is one too many and we know there is much more work to do.
“The Mayor and I remain fully committed to his Vision Zero goal of eliminating death and serious injury from London’s roads by 2041. That means continuing to expand our safer speed programme, transforming dangerous junctions and investing in safe, high-quality walking and cycling infrastructure. We will continue working with TfL, boroughs and the police to reduce road danger and build a safer London for all.”
TfL recently confirmed £87m of funding for London’s boroughs to boost investment in safer streets, which it says could deliver 95km of new cycle routes across the city.
27 per cent of Londoners now live within 400m of the city’s cycling network which has quadrupled in size since 2016 to more than 400km in length.
