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London's SUV drivers could face new charges if plans go ahead
Mayor Sadiq Khan aims to reduce road deaths by 2041 by considering charges on large SUVs, which are 77% more likely to kill children in collisions, TfL analysis shows.
- On Friday, Mayor Sadiq Khan asked TfL to analyse large SUV safety risks and impacts, with no formal proposals yet, and ideas being considered by City Hall.
- Transport for London warned larger SUVs make roads more hazardous and reshape urban streets, with half of new cars now too wide for minimum parking spaces and SUVs accounting for about a third of new UK registrations.
- About 80,000 SUVs were in London in 2023, according to campaign group Clean Cities, while TfL's plan lists 43 actions including AI detection and 1,000 new crossings.
- City Hall Conservatives criticised the SUV review as ideological and warned it would penalise drivers, but Khan defended the plan citing 262 fewer deaths and a 34 per cent collision reduction.
- Backed by London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service, the Vision Zero action plan builds on the 2018 plan and targets zero deaths by 2041.
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