J
Just Zis Guy
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No mention of cycling, and possible Smith involvement, but interesting (to me as a cyclist) figures
from the mass available on the DfT website.
Check <http://www.transtat.dft.gov.uk/tables/tsgb02/4/download/41602.xls>
It shows fatality rates for all road types. The roads where there has been most speed enforcement
and speed limit reductions, those in built-up areas, have experienced a fairly dramatic drop in KSI
since 1991. Raw data suggests a drop of over 30%, but this may be distorted by changes in data
collection (see below).
A roads outside built-up areas, also subject to speed enforcement increases but less active traffic
management, have seen modest but still significant reductions.
The roads with least speed enforcement, motorways, have seen a slight increase, but frankly given
the standard of driving on motorways these days I'm hardly surprised, and they remain the safest
roads (because, of course, speed differentials are low, sight lines long, and there are few
distractions and no vulnerable road users other than motorbikes).
The overall drop in KSI per 100 million passenger km since 1991 (on all roads) is over 15% (it looks
like 27% but the method of collecting stats has changed to improve accuracy), making ours the second
safest roads in Europe after Sweden; the only group significantly bucking the trend is child
pedestrians. The DfT has a policy paper out discussing how that will be addressed
<http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadsafety/strategy/tomorrow/index.htm>.
Guy
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from the mass available on the DfT website.
Check <http://www.transtat.dft.gov.uk/tables/tsgb02/4/download/41602.xls>
It shows fatality rates for all road types. The roads where there has been most speed enforcement
and speed limit reductions, those in built-up areas, have experienced a fairly dramatic drop in KSI
since 1991. Raw data suggests a drop of over 30%, but this may be distorted by changes in data
collection (see below).
A roads outside built-up areas, also subject to speed enforcement increases but less active traffic
management, have seen modest but still significant reductions.
The roads with least speed enforcement, motorways, have seen a slight increase, but frankly given
the standard of driving on motorways these days I'm hardly surprised, and they remain the safest
roads (because, of course, speed differentials are low, sight lines long, and there are few
distractions and no vulnerable road users other than motorbikes).
The overall drop in KSI per 100 million passenger km since 1991 (on all roads) is over 15% (it looks
like 27% but the method of collecting stats has changed to improve accuracy), making ours the second
safest roads in Europe after Sweden; the only group significantly bucking the trend is child
pedestrians. The DfT has a policy paper out discussing how that will be addressed
<http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadsafety/strategy/tomorrow/index.htm>.
Guy
===
** WARNING ** This posting may contain traces of irony. http://www.chapmancentral.com (BT ADSL and
dynamic DNS permitting)
NOTE: BT Openworld have now blocked port 25 (without notice), so old mail addresses may no longer
work. Apologies.