Pedestrians on Pavements Injured by Cycles & Motor Vehicles
Useful Statistics which demonstrate and compare risks to pedestrians.
Extract from Hansard 16 Mar 2005 column 252W which you can see in full [HERE]
(The relevant article is near the bottom of that page)
Pedestrian Casualties
Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrian casualties occurring on a footway in each year since 2000 resulted from a collision with a (a) motor vehicle and (b) pedal cycle. [218488]
Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Pedestrians injured on the footway or verge: GB 2000–03
Casualties
YEAR | Motor vehicles | Pedal cycles |
2000 | 3445 | 77 |
2001 | 3504 | 78 |
2002 | 3432 | 65 |
2003 | 3453 | 72 |
On the same page (near the top) are stats for other accidents for the same years, including those for cyclists.
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More information on this subject is in a Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) document.
"Briefing from CTC on illegal cycling and its effect on road safety"
which can be found
HERE
It too draws entirely on official figures.
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