The Government is going ahead with plans to introduce a hierarchy of road users, as part of a series of updates to The Highway Code aimed at improving road safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.

A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) in Hackney is set to be made permanent, following analysis of traffic data, air quality monitoring, comments from residents and an equalities impact assessment.

The Met Police has written to retailers urging them to be responsible when selling e-scooters in the run-up to Christmas.

Hackney Council has unveiled plans for one of the biggest area-based expansions of electric vehicle infrastructure in the country.

Authorities in London have announced plans to trial a default 20mph speed limit on all residential roads, as they look to step up efforts to achieve Vision Zero by 2041.

Hackney Council’s road safety team has joined forces with a primary school in the borough to interview four people they consider everyday road safety heroes.

A free-to-attend live session, taking place next week as part of the Festival of Road Safety, will look at how London is using data from vehicles to make its streets safer for everyone, in particular people walking and cycling.

Government figures show there were 484 casualties in collisions involving e-scooters in 2020, of which 384 were e-scooters users.