ITV News cameras catch 200 cyclists running a red light in just one hour

ITV News

3 days ago

ITV News cameras have caught 200 cyclists jumping red lights at rush hour in the space of just 60 minutes.
We monitored a busy cycle Lane on Victoria Embankment opposite Blackfriars station between 8:20am and 9:20am.
On average three to four cyclists ignored red lights every minute and more than half failed to stop.
Transport for London advises cyclists to follow the Highway Code and warns cyclists may be fined £50 for going through a red light.Since the start of 2025, 284 cyclists in the City of London have been fined for failing to stop at lights.Gerard Griffiths is a road safety campaigner and says that more needs to be done to make dangerous cyclists realise the potentially fatal consequences of their actions.He said: "There's a reason why cars and motorbikes and lorries stop at red lights - because they have to.
"They know there are consequences if they go through them. Bikes just don't seem to have that same sort of attitude or people that cycle."Gerard's mum died after colliding with a cyclist travelling at 29mph in a 20mph zone in Regent's Park.Cycling has boomed in popularity in London over recent years and is a clean and efficient mode of transport.
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Simon Munk from London Cycling Campaign told ITV News London that some of the cycling lanes in London are overcapacity and says statistically more pedestrians ignore traffic signals.'I think it's important to understand that we shouldn't be accepting cyclists jumping red lights, but we should be working out why. We should be working out what the problem is and fixing it,' he said.'This is annoying, and it's really deeply hostile to pedestrians. These people shouldn't be doing it, but it's not actually statistically very dangerous,' Mr Munk added.Cyclists are responsible for fewer than 1% of the pedestrian deaths on British roads and they are far more likely to be killed than to kill, according to campaign group Cycling UK.A bill is currently going through parliament to bring the 1861 law up to date.Under the current law, if cyclists strike and kill a pedestrian, offenders can be imprisoned for no more than two years under the ancient law.The proposed amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill means dangerous cyclists could face up to 14 years in prison.Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith has campaigned on the issue and said the proposal was not "anti-cycling" but is intended to ensure safety and accountability on the roads. ITV News spoke to pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists who all agreed on one thing - that more needs to be done to ensure peop le obey the rules of the road.