Bus speed safety trial starts

29 Jun 2015 02:32 PM

New technology designed to reduce speeds will be trialled on London's buses from next month, as part of work to halve the number of people killed or injured on the city's roads.

The Mayor and TfL have announced that Intelligent Speed Adaptation, an innovative technology that ensures vehicles can't exceed speed limits, will be trialled on 47 London buses in a UK-first.

The trials will take place on routes 19 (Battersea to Finsbury Park) and 486 (North Greenwich to Bexleyheath).

Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL, said: 'Intelligent Speed Adaptation improves road safety by reducing incidences of speeding for all road users, allowing drivers to focus on looking out for potential issues on the road rather than checking their speed limit.

'If this trial confirms that this technology could be beneficial to the safety of London's roads, it could be introduced across our bus fleet.' 

Find out what TfL is doing to improve road safety at tfl.gov.uk/roadsafety