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Steph

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Road deaths map
« on: 21 August, 2014, 09:09:27 am »
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Butterfly

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #1 on: 21 August, 2014, 09:17:24 am »
That's interesting.
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jsabine

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #2 on: 21 August, 2014, 09:22:24 am »
Fairly sure I've seen that - or something very similar - some time ago. Agreed that it's interesting, though maybe slightly ghoulish to look at roads near home.
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Steph

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Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #3 on: 21 August, 2014, 09:40:35 am »
I found it interesting to see that some of the places I consider dangerous and in need of cameras/road planning are just that.
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Riggers

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Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #4 on: 21 August, 2014, 09:53:43 am »
It is interesting. Looking at bicycle statistics (obviously) in the Brighton & Hove area, I thought time-of-year would play a part; majority being in the winter months when poor road and weather conditions would surely be a contributory factor, but appears not so. Has to be said, there are few deaths for cyclists in our area fortunately. Pity it doesn't report non-fatel ones, as I imagine these would be significantly higher.
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jsabine

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #5 on: 21 August, 2014, 10:03:18 am »
That URL sounds familiar. Maybe ...
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red marley

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #6 on: 21 August, 2014, 10:24:32 am »
Sort of interesting, but much of it pretty useless. I share a pet peeve with Mr Munroe:



The BBC heat map is just a map of roads. It would be more useful if figures were normalised with respect to the traffic volumes by mode. See also Robert Kosara's Eager Eyes blog.
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Steph

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Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #7 on: 21 August, 2014, 10:26:01 am »
Just had a look round Kingg's Cross. The repetition is chilling: "One goods vehicle (over 7.5t) and one bicycle were involved. The rider of the bicycle died"
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Asterix, the former Gaul.

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #8 on: 21 August, 2014, 10:38:02 am »
Quote from: jsabine on 21 August, 2014, 09:22:24 am
Fairly sure I've seen that - or something very similar - some time ago. Agreed that it's interesting, though maybe slightly ghoulish to look at roads near home.

Altho on my main route into York (A1036 South side) I am encouraged that none are recorded.  Otherwise York looks like a measles case :( and Leeds far worse. 

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Britain has one of the best records in the world for road casualties.

What the roads of the worst are like doesn't bear thinking about.

Can't wait for the day when emotion and irrationality are replaced by computer driven vehicles.
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levitator

Re: Road deaths map
« Reply #9 on: 21 August, 2014, 11:33:22 am »
Point of information, in case anyone's misled by the map.  If you filter the results by clicking on the 'bike' box, the remaining orange dots on the map do not indicate cyclist deaths - merely fatal accidents in which a cyclist was involved.  With the 'bike' filter selected, I noticed a dot near where I live, which I had no recollection of: however on clicking on it, I discovered that it was a car occupant who died, the cyclist was injured but survived.  More than one car was involved.

The statistics are grim, but not as grim as they might have been.  Cycling is still relatively safe compared to other activities!
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