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Every traffic light in London has drivers zooming through on amber, even if nothing's behind them. Speeding up to accelerate towards a just-changed red is common too, the sort of behaviour that killed a Sri Lankan chap yesterday. Even allowing for the disparity in numbers I'd say more drivers jump lights than cyclists do, which explains the fact that a cyclist in the capital is more likely to be hurt or killed by a driver jumping a red than by jumping a red themselves.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-hunt-bmw-driver-after-pedestrian-dies-in-60mph-hitandrun-9820104.html