'Significant drop' in cyclist deaths and serious injury

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Glen Hammer Hook I've been cycling for over 30 years and a Londoner born n bred but I wouldn't dare bike it on the cities roads these days. No chance at all. Far too dangerous with so many inconsiderate people about.

Boris Johnson joined Met Police today for a new blitz on unsafe driving and cycling. This 'double decker' skip lorry was pulled over by police worried about how tightly it was strapped.

London’s cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan added: "If we are to improve safety still further, we need to be honest with ourselves about why accidents happen and why they have come down so much.

"We need to build safer roads, and the introduction of more segregated infrastructure can improve things still further, but as coroners have emphasised in recent inquest verdicts, people also have a responsibility to use those roads safely."

Boris Johnson claims there has been a "significant drop" in deaths and serious injury to cyclists in London. The Mayor says there were 475 serious injuries in 2013 compared to 657 in 2012.

It's a bold claim by Boris, but it applies only to serious injuries. There were 14 deaths in both 2012 and 2013.