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Lorry safety scheme brings death & injuries down

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November 18, 2025
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Lorry safety scheme brings death & injuries down

Deaths and serious injuries of Vulnerable Road Users in collisions with heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) have fallen by 50% under the Mayor’s lorry safety scheme, TfL data has found. The “world-leading” Direct Vision Standard (DVS), it said, is “helping to save lives in London.

Since the lorry safety scheme was introduced to reduce “lethal” blind spots in 2019, an average of six fewer people have been killed and 21 fewer have been seriously injured in collisions with HGVs every year. This means 19 fewer deaths and 62 fewer serious injuries since it was enforced.

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The DVS and HGV Safety Permit Scheme, supported through enforcement and education interventions, is a “key part” of the Mayor’s Vision Zero plan, TfL says, “to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries on London’s transport network.” This includes improving the safety of cyclist and pedestrians by improving driver visibility in HGVs. Last year, TfL strengthened DVS requirements, requiring all HGVs over 12 tonnes to have a three-star rating or fit Progressive Save System measures to operate in the capital.

Newly published data from 2024 shows that since the DVS was introduced, the number of deaths and serious injuries involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists and HGVs had fallen from an average of 71 people a year between 2017-19, down to 35 people in 2024. The number of deaths had fallen from an average of 17 per year to 11, and between 2022 and 2024, the number of pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in collisions with HGVs had dropped by over a third compared with 2017-19.

By comparison, the reduction across the entire transport network was 4.5%.

“Despite this impressive and encouraging data, more work is needed to keep Londoners safe,” TfL says, “and TfL will continue to monitor collision trends and data to understand the impact of the strengthened DVS requirements.”

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