On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:33:51 +0000, Mrcheerful
wrote:
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"
And immediately after that:
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It is likely that these increases were at least partly due to the
large change in weather conditions between the second quarters of 2012
and 2013. The overall UK mean rainfall between April and June 2012 was
extremely high compared with the long term average for this period. In
comparison with this, the UK mean rainfall level between April and
June 2013 was 40 per cent lower, returning to the long term average.
It is therefore likely that the markedly drier weather in 2013 would
have increased the number of vulnerable road users (particularly
motorcyclists and pedal cyclists) on the road, relative to the same
period in 2012, thus increasing their relative exposure to accidents.
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So while the number of casualties increased, the casualty rate may
have decreased. (Don't tell this to Medwit though, he doesn't
understand the concept of a casualty rate).