Safety fears after 10 bus crashes

Residents of Catford, Greater London, living on a road that has seen 10 crashes involving buses in just seven months, are calling for urgent safety measures as they fear someone could be killed.

Every day, about 3,700 buses pass through Sandhurst Road and nearby Sangley Road, with 150 – 180 buses an hour serving the area, data shows.

Campaign group Safer Sandhurst and Sangley said many residents had reported ‘hit-and-run’ incidents after their cars were left with ‘suspicious red paint marks’ on them.

Transport for London (TfL) said there had been 85 crashes involving buses on the two roads since July 2021, many of which were ‘minor incidents’; only one, in September 2022, involved an injury.