Origamist
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General overview and trends in reported road casualties
This article reviews the main trends in the number of reported road accident casualties in Great Britain in 2009 compared with recent years. In 2009:
Compared with the 1994-98 average, in 2009:
- There were a total of 222,146 reported casualties of all severities, 4 per cent lower than in 2008. 2,222 people were killed, 12 per cent lower than in 2008, 24,690 were seriously injured (down 5 per cent) and 195,234 were slightly injured (down 4 per cent).
- The number of fatalities fell for almost all types of road user, with a fall of 16 per cent for car occupants, 13 per cent for pedestrians, 10 per cent for pedal cyclists and 4 per cent for motorcyclists.
- The number killed was 38 per cent lower;
- The number of reported killed or seriously injured casualties was 44 per cent lower;
- The number of children killed or seriously injured was 61 per cent lower; and
- The slight casualty rate was 37 per cent lower.
- In contrast traffic rose by an estimated 15 per cent over this period.
[url]http://www.dft.gov.u...sgbar/rrcgb2009[/url]http://www.dft.gov.u...sgbar/rrcgb2009
As far as cyclist traffic goes, it's up 4% on 2008 levels, but cyclists KSIs have only risen by 1% (using rate per billion vehicle miles).
Pedal cycle casualties
- [*]Overall reported pedal cycle casualties went up by 5 per cent from 2008 to 2009, but have decreased by 30 per cent from the 1994-98 average.[*]The number of pedal cycle fatalities fell by 10 per cent from 115 in 2008 to 104 in 2009, a 44 per cent decrease from the 1994-98 average.[*]However, the number of reported seriously injured pedal cyclists increased by 6 per cent from 2,450 in 2008 to 2,606 in 2009.[*]The number of killed and seriously injured pedal cyclists per billion vehicle miles has fallen by 41 per cent from the 1994-98 average, but is up by 1 per cent from 2008.
Pedal cycle traffic levels have fluctuated in recent years, but the trend has been generally upward. Pedal cycle traffic increased by 4 per cent between 2008 and 2009. Chart 1j shows that trends in pedal cyclists killed and injured have followed broadly similar trends since 1994.
- 81 per cent of reported pedal cycle casualties were male, as were 80 per cent of pedal cycle fatalities.
- 58 per cent of all pedal cycle casualties were 16 – 59 year old male pedal cyclists, compared to 47 per cent for pedal cycle fatalities.
- 20 per cent of pedal cycle casualties were children (0-15 years old). However, only 13 per cent of pedal cycle fatalities were children.
- The number of reported child pedal cycle casualties has fallen by 59 per cent from the 1994-98 average, from 7,851 to 3,204 in 2009. The number of female child casualties has fallen more than for male casualties (65 per cent compared to a 58 per cent reduction).
pp 19,20
http://www.dft.gov.u...5/rrcgb2009.pdf
