Data has revealed which east London borough has had the most casualties on its roads across the past 10 years.
Road safety charity Brake was founded in 1995 and during Road Safety Week (November 16-22) has released figures showing the scale of death and injury on the country's roads from 2015 to 2024.
A total of 1,671 people were killed and 28,804 seriously injured in 2024, with speed a factor in 59 per cent of all road deaths, according to Brake.
The east London borough with the most reported casualties (people killed or seriously injured) from 2015-2024 was Tower Hamlets with a total of 1,604 according to Brake's figures.
The reported number of casualties peaked in Tower Hamlets in 2017 with 189.
Newham was the borough with the next highest total with 1,230 reported casualties.
The highest number of reports in Newham came in 2017 with 149 whilst the lowest number came in 2023 with 100.
Redbridge saw the third highest number of reported casualties with 919, peaking at 104 reports in 2016 and having the lowest total in 2021 with 78.
Waltham Forest registered 845 people killed or seriously injured since 2015 with a peak of 103 in 2018.
The lowest count came in 2023 with 64.
Havering saw 810 road casualties in the past 10 years, with a maximum of 107 reports in 2016 and a minimum of 57 in 2023.
The east London borough with the lowest casualty count since 2015 according to Brake was Barking and Dagenham with a total of 698.
The year with the most casualties in Barking and Dagenham was 2018 with 100 whilst the year with the least was 2024 with 50.
The number of people killed or seriously injured in road crashes across London in 2023 alone was 3,717 and this came down fractionally to 3,705 in 2024.
As part of the national campaign, Brake is calling for life-saving technology to be mandated to all vehicles.
Ross Moorlock, Chief Executive at Brake claimed that road safety week is a "fantastic opportunity" for people to come together and make the roads safer.
He said: "This road safety week, I call on everyone who drives to find out more about the safety features in your vehicle, and I urge you to use them, to help keep yourself and the people you share the road with as safe as possible.
"We have the technology to save lives on our roads, we need to use it!
"Let's make every journey as safe as possible.”
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