Transcript RoadPeace
Traffic law enforcement and the criminal justice system in London Amy Aeron-Thomas Executive Director, RoadPeace 1 November 2014 Overview Introduction Traffic law enforcement in London Criminal justice system Reason for hope Next year priorities RoadPeace Mansoor Chaudhry – motorcyclist, killed in October 1990 by red light offender who was fined for Careless Driving His mother was incensed by the justice system that didn’t think a road death was worth mentioning RoadPeace was founded in 1992 RoadPeace – a road victims’ charity Provides support to victims Based on road danger reduction Focused on post-crash response by justice system London road casualties Police reported (2013) 26,000 injury collisions 29,000 injuries, including 132 deaths & 2,200 serious injuries Pedestrians and cyclists 60% deaths (all VRU 77%) 57% serious injuries (all VRU 79%) Sharing the road but not the risk Pedestrian x 4 wh MV KSIs in London, 2012 Cyclist x 4 wh MV London Fixed Penalty Notices, excluding speeding 30mph speed enforcement (2012) By police (not cameras) Total of 7,275 Fixed Penalty Notices (20 per day) Only five boroughs had more than one 30mph FPN per day (Barnet, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Newham) Another five had fewer than one FPN per month (Epping Forest, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Islington) So should police decide speed limits? London court prosecutions (2013) Total motoring offences prosecuted 139,000 London driving bans (2013) 10,131 bans given (1 in 10 convicted) offence Drink driving number % convicted banned 5,280 97% Dangerous driving 377 84% Disqualified driving 1,129 62% Driving w/o due care 190 7% Use of hand held mobile phone 16 <1% Dangerous versus Careless driving CPS charging standards (2013) What is crime? Notifiable crime • • • • • • • • • Murder Manslaughter Sexual assault • Robbery • Shoplifting Vehicle theft Cycle theft Pickpocketing Electricity theft Driving offences Causing death by driving Dangerous driving • • • • • • Drink driving Drug driving Speeding Careless driving Hit and run All other motoring offences Impact on victims Injured road victims Not kept informed Not supported No right to review Not even counted Transforming criminal justice system strategy and action plan (2013-15) All CJS organisations with shared aims Digital CJS CJS which is faster and right first time Transparent and responsive CJS Care and consideration for victims and witnesses The right response to crime Working in partnership ‘Traffic cases’ treated as high volume, low value Reasons for hope 1. Increased TLE and inclusion of CJS in TfL road safety plans 2. DfT Justice for Vulnerable Road Users Working Group 3. Upcoming Driving offences review 4. NYC Vision Zero experience 5. Lessons from VAW campaign Next year’s priorities Councils Include TLE in cycling/walking safety plans Fund and monitor local TLE efforts Campaigners Joint calls and agreed good practice Agreed key performance indicators Next year’s priorities (cont.) MPS to make TLE a stated priority and Include driving offences in crime statistics Link collision data with prosecution data Develop TLE strategy and action plan with harm reduction approach focused on reducing risk to pedestrians and cyclists Monitor level of public confidence by different road user modes and victims Treat road crime as real crime Thank you for listening For more information, contact [email protected]