According to a press release from The City of London Police last week, the force have fined twice as many cyclists for running red lights in the City between April 2025 and March 2026 than they did in the previous financial year, with figures rising from 643 to 1,315. On average, the statement continued, officers are issuing 25 fixed penalty notices a week to cyclists, with Sergeant Stuart Ford, Cycle Team lead at the City of London Police, saying: “We are going the extra mile by listening to concerns of the public and cracking down on anti-social behaviour and road offences.”
All well and good. Cyclists obviously should never ride through red lights. But another set of figures were also made public today, compiled by the Metropolitan Police themselves, but obtained and released by LBC, which revealed that 96% of hit-and-run offences involving a car and a cyclist resulted in no punishment whatsoever for the drivers who fled the scene.
