Figures from TfL reveal a total of 6,725 people were killed or injured by London buses in a year, with Lewisham the third most dangerous borough for incidents involving buses.
The figures, which were complied by the GMB union's London region, are from July 2017 until June 2018.
Warren Kenny, GMB regional secretary, said: "We know that Sadiq Khan considers that the statistics on the numbers killed and injured are chilling.
"So what is needed is decisive action from the top to change the culture at Transport for London to make the safe operation of buses by the outsourced private for-profit operators the top priority.”
A spokesman for the Mayor of London said: "Every single death or serious injury on our roads is unacceptable, and that’s why London is using world-leading technology to make buses safer for everyone on our roads.
"We’ve set ambitious targets to improve road safety to achieve our Vision Zero target of no deaths in or by a bus by 2030 or sooner."
TfL said it was taking "every action possible" to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured.
It added that better driver training and increased emphasis on safety will help reduce the numbers.
Claire Mann, TfL’s director of bus operations, said: "We are taking every action possible to reduce the unacceptably high number of people killed or seriously injured on our streets.
"For buses, this includes introducing better driver training and a range of improvements to the vehicles themselves."
It aims to eliminate people being seriously injured from crashes by 2041.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT :
Amazingly, these new statistics have been released just days after the news that the TfL director in charge of London's buses, is to receive an OBE for his services to London's Transport services.
Daily Taxi Protests Planned:
TfL are currently planning to ban Taxis from certain streets across the capital. The Independent Taxi Alliance (ITA) will be holding weekday protests from the 21st of this month daily until.
The protests will run indefinitely, until Taxis are allowed to go, where buses go. This will include Tottenham Court Road, the Bank Junction, east bound along Vernon Place to New Oxford Street, Haymarket straight into Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square Into the Strand and every bus lane.
A spokes person for the ITA said:
“The Taxi Trade want Mayor Khan to deliver what he promised the trade in his election manifesto.”
Source : NewShopper
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