This apparent increase in irresponsible and dangerous driving on our roads is worrying. In 2021 there were nearly two-and-a-half times as many hit-and-run casualties on London's roads as there were in 2009. Not stopping after a collision seems to be almost normalised and the people that do it appear not to care about their victims or to fear any legal consequences.
Ms Russell called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to introduce a hit-and-run action plan and to set a target to reduce such collisions as part of his Vision Zero strategy. She also said there was a need for police and TfL to gather better data on hit-and-run collisions. She has been waiting almost a year for information on the number of people killed or injured in hit-and-run collisions in 2022. Mr Khan has a target of eliminating all road deaths in London by 2041, but TfL admit an 11 per cent annual increase in deaths and serious injuries between 2021 and 2022 has made the tar...
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