Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional
Estimates Q1 2010 are published today:

Highlights - quite good news:


Figures cf year ending March 2009

Pedestrian casualties down 4%
Motorcycle casualties down 4%
Car user casualties down 2%
Motorcycle users killed or seriously injured down 4%
Pedestrian KSI down 8%
Car KSI down 8%


Excellent news; Oh - hang on there are a couple missing:

Pedal Cyclist casualties UP 4%
Pedal Cyclist KSI UP 4%


Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

It looks like cycling is still more dangerous year on year.

--
2008 DfT Figures: Passenger casualty rates Per billion passenger kilometers:
Killed or seriously injured: Pedal Cyclists : 541 Pedestrians 382
All casualties: Pedal Cyclists : 3814 Pedestrians : 1666
(Pedal cyclist casualties up 9% - pedestrians up 2%: Cycling is becoming more dangerous each year when compared to walking as a means of transport)

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

JMS wrote:
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional
Estimates Q1 2010 are published today:

Highlights - quite good news:


Figures cf year ending March 2009

Pedestrian casualties down 4%
Motorcycle casualties down 4%
Car user casualties down 2%
Motorcycle users killed or seriously injured down 4%
Pedestrian KSI down 8%
Car KSI down 8%


Excellent news; Oh - hang on there are a couple missing:

Pedal Cyclist casualties UP 4%
Pedal Cyclist KSI UP 4%


Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

It looks like cycling is still more dangerous year on year.

that is purely caused by helmet, lights and hi-viz wearing, when will they
learn?

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

Squashme wrote:
On 5 Aug, 20:59, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
JMS wrote:
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional
Estimates Q1 2010 are published today:

Highlights - quite good news:

Figures cf year ending March 2009

Pedestrian casualties down 4%
Motorcycle casualties down 4%
Car user casualties down 2%
Motorcycle users killed or seriously injured down 4%
Pedestrian KSI down 8%
Car KSI down 8%

Excellent news; Oh - hang on there are a couple missing:

Pedal Cyclist casualties UP 4%
Pedal Cyclist KSI UP 4%

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

It looks like cycling is still more dangerous year on year.

that is purely caused by helmet, lights and hi-viz wearing, when
will they learn?


Don't try and make excuses for motorists, just apologise.

We don't need to do either. We are becoming impresively safer, cyclo****s
are becoming increasingly more at risk.

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX


--
Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a
viable form of transport.

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

In article 7ZG6o.64631$RO5.19071@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX

Says Mr car (oops van, pardon me) driving, don't have a bike, troll-a-
lot. Class act to accuse anyone of posting OT when you are OT before you
post a single word.

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 01:37:26 +0100, LanternRouge
wrote:

In article 7ZG6o.64631$RO5.19071@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX

Says Mr car (oops van, pardon me) driving, don't have a bike, troll-a-
lot. Class act to accuse anyone of posting OT when you are OT before you
post a


Hello Mr "LanternRouge" - what name did you use to use when posting
here?

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

On 06/08/10 01:37, LanternRouge wrote:
In article 7ZG6o.64631$RO5.19071@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX

Says Mr car (oops van, pardon me) driving, don't have a bike, troll-a-
lot. Class act to accuse anyone of posting OT when you are OT before you
post a single word.

Leave him alone, he's a flat pack furniture specialist.

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

LanternRouge wrote:
In article 7ZG6o.64631$RO5.19071@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX

Says Mr car (oops van, pardon me) driving, don't have a bike, troll-a-
lot. Class act to accuse anyone of posting OT when you are OT before you
post a single word.


Don't mind him. He and JMS are urc's care in the community projects ;-)

Tony

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

LanternRouge wrote:
In article 7ZG6o.64631$RO5.19071@hurricane, davidlang@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk says...

SNIP UNRELATED OT BOLLOX

Says Mr car (oops van, pardon me) driving, don't have a bike, troll-a-
lot. Class act to accuse anyone of posting OT when you are OT before
you post a single word.

First of all SFB's I haven't accused anyone of OT posting. Secondly, my
posts are about cycling - my opinion may differ from yours however.


--
Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a
viable form of transport.

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

On 05/08/2010 23:31, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Squashme wrote:
On 5 Aug, 20:59, wrote:
JMS wrote:
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Quarterly Provisional
Estimates Q1 2010 are published today:

Highlights - quite good news:

Figures cf year ending March 2009

Pedestrian casualties down 4%
Motorcycle casualties down 4%
Car user casualties down 2%
Motorcycle users killed or seriously injured down 4%
Pedestrian KSI down 8%
Car KSI down 8%

Excellent news; Oh - hang on there are a couple missing:

Pedal Cyclist casualties UP 4%
Pedal Cyclist KSI UP 4%

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

It looks like cycling is still more dangerous year on year.

that is purely caused by helmet, lights and hi-viz wearing, when
will they learn?


Don't try and make excuses for motorists, just apologise.

We don't need to do either. We are becoming impresively safer, cyclo****s
are becoming increasingly more at risk.

If I've said it a million times I'm exagerating, but speed differentials
will always increase risk. Happened with motorcylists too, but they take
steps to make other road users aware of where they are, cyclists need to
do the same, not just moan.

--
John Wright

Pedestrian

Road Casualties Q1 2010
 

"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:48:36 +0100, Chelsea Tractor Man
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:34:18 -0700 (PDT), Squashme wrote:

Don't try and make excuses for motorists, just apologise.

stop generalising and grow up. I'm not apologising for some ****** just
because he drives like most people, get some sense and stop trying to mix
it with 44 tonners, it will never be safe.

How odd, that seems to be exactly what virtually every denizen of
uk.rec.drivel and uk.tosspot require of the cyclists when they post
here.

Well don't post here then if you don't like the opinions expressed!