Evening Standard: "London pedestrian deaths and cycle injuries soar"

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"Campaigners demanded a change in road safety policies today, after a 33 per cent increase in pedestrian deaths in a year and the highest number of cycling injuries for a decade.

"Transport for London admitted the figures were 'an area of concern' for itself and the Mayor, but critics questioned whether his policies of removing traffic lights and 'smoothing traffic flow' were to blame."