London air pollution live data – where will be first to break legal limits in 2018?
by Josh Holder and Damian Carrington from on (#3C470)
Toxic NO2 pollution affects most of urban areas of the UK, but London is worst hit. View live data from the capital to see which sites are breaking legal limits
On 30 January, Brixton Road in south London reached its annual legal limit for toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - less than a month into the year. It breached the limit two days later.
The rapid breaking of the limit is a dramatic illustration of the illegal air pollution affecting most urban areas in the UK, for which the government is being sued in the high court for a third time early in 2018. High NO2 levels are estimated to cause about 23,500 early deaths a year across the nation.