Buses safest form of transport in London – TfL figures

Buses are the safest form of transport in London, TfL‘s latest casualty figures suggest.

In TfL’s annual casualty statistics, buses were recorded as the safest way to travel on the roads, carrying more people than any other public transport mode in the city. In 2024, 13 people were killed in collisions involving a bus (11 outside and two onboard).

TfL says it remains determined to eliminate deaths involving a bus and work already underway includes rolling out a new design of the front end of buses to reduce the impact of a collision, bringing new technology such as Intelligent Speed Assistance to more buses, trials of innovations to reduce customer injuries on the bus and plans for further safety improvements this year at its bus stations.

Overall, the number of people tragically killed or seriously injured on London’s roads fell to 3,696 in 2024, the lowest level on record outside of the pandemic-affected years. Although London continues to make year-on-year improvements in overall safety performance, 110 people were tragically killed on London’s roads in 2024. This number remains lower than every year pre-pandemic, but TfL 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.

People walking, cycling and motorcycling continue to be most at risk. Of all people killed or seriously injured in 2024, 81% (2,988 people) were walking, cycling or motorcycling. 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.