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Cyclist hits granny in pavement crash in Brighton
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:39:16 -0000, "pk" said
in : Which does not actually change the documented fact that pedestrians are far more likely to be injured on the footway by motorists than cyclists. I think the fact that is documented it the number of reported injuries not the number of injuries per se, there is after all a legal duty to report motor accident causing injury there will be close to 100% reporting of car related injuries but a far lower proportion of the minor cycle/pedestrian collisions will be reported. Reporting of injuries does indeed vary according to severity and cause. Nearly all fatalities, and most serious injuries, are recorded. Trivial injuries are mostly unreported, we can only infer things form the relative prevalence of those injuries which are reported. For example, we know that half of all injury admissions to hospital are due to simple trips and falls, and many of these are on footways. My council says that the major cause of footway trips is damage to the footways by motor vehicle encroachment. probably better, though, to stick with the figures we do have rather than suppositions. And also probably better to look to the causes and how they might be fixed, rather than advocating draconian responses to the symptoms. Especially since the symptom is, in many cases, entirely legal now. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound GPG sig #3FA3BCDE http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/pgp-public-key.txt |
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