On 08/11/2013 00:05, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:21:41 +0000, Mrcheerful
wrote:

3 per cent down for killed overall (despite a half percent rise in
motorised traffic, 5 per cent down for KSI, BUT cyclists up 4 percent on
deaths and 12 percent on KSI.

Perhaps cyclists road techniques need improving ?

http://road.cc/content/news/98492-la...ist-casualties

This report says:
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Between April and June 2013, 450 people were killed in reported road
accidents, 12 per cent more than in the same period for 2012
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https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...es-q2-2013.pdf


further down in the same report :
"There were decreases in the number of casualties for car users and
pedestrians of 12 and 3 per cent respectively, with similar falls in the
numbers of KSI casualties – 9 per cent for car users and 7 per cent for
pedestrians. However, there were increases in the number of casualties
for motorcyclists (4 per cent) and pedal cyclists (12 per cent), with an
8 per cent increase in the number of motorcyclist KSI casualties and a 4
per cent increase in pedal cyclist KSI casualties"