In 2006, there were over 230 deaths and nearly 4,000 people seriously injured on the roads of London. Of these people, 10 were killed and 136 seriously injured as a direct result of a collision where a driver or rider was, in legal terminology, ‘failing to comply with an automatic traffic signal’. In addition to the tragic human cost, the disruption and cost to the day-to-day lives of Londoners and visitors caught up in the ensuing and inevitable congestion, is very significant. Collisions at road junctions, whether fatal or not, also dramatically affect the smooth running of the capital.

‘Jumping a red light’ can become an endemic culture that has to be addressed. That’s why Transport for London (TfL) and the London Safety Camera Partnership (LSCP) have a strategy to educate members of the public who choose to ignore or simply don’t observe a traffic light on red.

By using a Workshop environment to encourage inter-active discussion about this issue, both TfL and LSCP aim to give drivers and riders the information and knowledge they need to make better driving decisions. This, in turn, will reduce the number of collisions at traffic light junctions and therefore reduce the human and financial cost to London in particular and the UK in general.

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