Map reveals London’s most dangerous junctions for cyclists

Cycling campaigners have accused London transport bosses and councils of failing to curb cyclist and pedestrian deaths.

London Cycling Campaign has revealed the most dangerous junctions for cyclists and pedestrians in the capital.

It comes after several vulnerable road users have been killed on London roads – despite a drop in the number of fatalities overall.

Wandsworth council was named the borough with the most dangerous junction for cycling in the city, according to LCC – Upper Tooting Road cluster in southwest London. Scroll down to see the map.

The campaign group accused the Wandsworth council leader for ‘completely’ ignoring its calls to fix the most dangerous junctions.

They also hit out at TfL, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and other borough leaders who ‘continue to utter the same platitudes and more families suffer’ and lack of improvement at the hotspots.

‘The current rate of progress on such junctions means the Mayor’s ambition for an end to road deaths in London by 2041 will surely be missed,’ it said.

Top 10 most dangerous London junctions

The London Cycling Campaign used official data from TfL and the emergency services to create the latest ranking.

Upper Tooting Road – which comes under the remit of TfL and Wandsworth council – was on top of the list.

It was named for the second year in a row after two serious collisions and six slight crashes in 2023 alone.

Despite boasting the Cycle Superhighway CS7, cyclists on Upper Tooting Road continue ‘to face vehicles ‘constantly turning across them’ at the junctions along with ‘rat running,’ the campaigners said.

A cyclist was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a 50-year-old van driver crashed into them on Tooting Bec Road on November 1. The motorist was arrested on suspicion of causing personal injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop at an accident and being unfit through drink.

Just a day after, a cyclist in his 20s was killed in Putney, Wandsworth, after being hit by a lorry at the junction of A3 West Hill and Lytton Grove, the Standard reports.

Tom Fayes, the chief executive of London Cycling Campaign, told Metro: ‘There have been some really safe junction designs delivered in London for people walking and cycling – and some have been done as trials using temporary materials, quickly and cheaply.

‘So we know what can be done – unfortunately it’s not being done very often and there’s still far too much dithering and delay around junctions changes by boroughs and TfL.’

He asked ‘how many more serious injuries and fatalities will it take for politicians to act?’

How many cyclists and pedestrians were killed on London roads?

Although overall road deaths in London – including all types of vehicles and road users – are at record low, cyclist and pedestrian deaths have increased.

Last year, 49 pedestrians and eight cyclists were killed in London.

In 2022, 41 pedestrians and seven cyclists were killed in the capital.

TfL said overall road fatalities have dropped by 30% in London compared with 7% in the rest of the UK.

Jenny Yates, Wandsworth’s cabinet member for transport told the Standard: ‘Our thoughts go out to the families and loved ones of the cyclist killed.

‘Officers at the council have been working hard with TfL, under whom responsibility for the majority of these junctions fall. This is to ensure safety is improved for everyone using the roads.

‘As a council we are keen to encourage cycling and to make it safe and easy for people to make their journeys across the borough. We continue to listen to residents and key partners and we’re taking a number of important steps to help as many people as possible feel they can walk or cycle safely.’

Penny Rees, TfL’s Head of Healthy Streets Investment, told Metro in a statement: ‘Our deepest sympathies are with all of those impacted by loss of life and injuries on the transport network.

‘Reducing danger on roads across the capital is a vital part of our Vision Zero commitment to eliminate death and serious injury and we are committed to making life-saving changes at some of the capital’s most dangerous and intimidating junctions, as part of our £150m per year Safe & Healthy Streets funding.’

TfL said it has completed work at 45 Safer Junctions across London while work has now started at Lambeth and Battersea bridges.

London boroughs have received £50,000,000 over the next three years to improve the safety of local roads, TfL added.

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