{"id":1824318,"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1824318"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:00:00","slug":"theres-talk-of-extra-charges-for-driving-an-suv-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1824318","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s talk of extra charges for driving an SUV in London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It looks like SUV drivers in London could be hit with extra charges to drive in the capital, with a TfL report suggesting that \u201cwithout action to address oversized and heavier vehicles, more people will be seriously injured or killed\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all part of the mayor of London\u2019s Vision Zero action plan, which was first initiated back in 2018 and aims to see no one killed or seriously injured on London\u2019s roads by 2041.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest action plan cites a July 2025 study that looked at crash data from Britain\u2019s roads between 2004 and 2023. That study found that people walking or cycling are 14 per cent more likely to be killed in a collision with an \u201coversized vehicle\u201d when compared with smaller passenger cars. It also noted that children faced a 77 per cent higher chance of being killed, and that risk rose to 209 per cent for children under the age of nine.<\/p>\n

BBC News reported<\/a> that a spokesperson for the mayor said these results were \u201cstartling\u201d: \u201cThe mayor has asked TfL to undertake detailed analysis of the safety risks posed by large SUVs and their wider impact on London’s roads. This could then inform any future policy proposals in London or recommendations to government or the sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs the numbers of large SUVs increase on London’s roads, it is right that TfL consider their impact on safety and how they affect other road users.\u201d<\/p>\n

This second Vision Zero report also claims that large SUVs are \u201cphysically reshaping urban streets\u201d and cites a Transport & Environment (T&E) study that found more than half of new cars sold in 2023 were too wide for the minimum on-street parking space in UK cities. Last year, Cardiff became the first major UK city to vote in favour of increasing parking permit costs for SUVs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is no longer a gradual trend \u2013 it is creating immediate and intensifying risks across London,\u201d reads the Vision Zero report. \u201cWithout action to address oversized and heavier vehicles, more people will be seriously injured or killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the action plan, \u00a3150m per year will be invested in London\u2019s roads, with 1,000 new zebra and signal-controlled pedestrian crossings, lower speed limits and improved bus safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It looks like SUV drivers in London could be hit with extra charges to drive in the capital, with a TfL report suggesting that \u201cwithout action to address oversized and heavier vehicles, more people will be seriously injured or killed\u201d. It\u2019s all part of the mayor of London\u2019s Vision Zero action plan, which was first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1824318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1824318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1824318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1824318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1824318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}