Its not getting more dangerous. Its the same as it ever was and thats just risky. You are sharing a road with fast moving metal boxes, sometimes driven by people you would not trust to water your pot plants when you are on holiday. You have nothing to protect you but your wits. Pedestrians have the common sense to have a pavement to walk on.
If you really believe it is getting more 'dangerous'. Why on earth would you carry on doing it?
Even the pavements aren't safe ! Invariably you have some eejit come at you with an illegally equipped e- bike or motorised scooter ,no lights barely maintained ,with no brakes, that's if you can get by the vans & cars parked on the pavement.
Comes to something when, these fools attempt to explain it isn't safe to ride on the road, well it is,if you follow the rules and ride defensively,those same people are making dangerous to ride on the roads ,if they are driving, I would wager, that they are unlicensed , uninsured, and even be here as illegal aliens, by that I mean dubious reugee's, working when they should not.
I've taken to walking with a stick, if I see one of these morons bearing down on me, I raise the walking pole ,with it pointing at their guts, the amount of times I've seen their shocked reaction ,that they need to take avoiding action , has been most satisfying.
I take the view I am defending myself, and reclaiming the pavements, it's not illegal to walk with a stick , even if I don't need one.