[Closed] Road Casualties map of the UK

I zoomed in on the roads around me. Bloody frightening, tbh.

It's fascinating zooming in and seeing all the clusters at junctions and corners of roads you know. There's quite a few where I've thought - How the hell did you crash there!?

could be just what i was looking at but a surprising amount of both pedestrians and drivers in their 70's- 80's

You can play 'find your own accident' on that! I did and found it... Scary how many there are, although I guess there are many millions of journeys more than accidents

the vast majority of injuries and fatalities are pedestrians or vehicle occupants.

But isn't that because the vast majority of people out and about are on foot or in a vehicle?

Which means the prevailing "motorcycles and cycling are dangerous" opinion may be correct*

*nope, it's all lies

Had a look at that not sure where they're getting there figures from. I located the town I live in and there's no way there's been that many serious injury accidents in the town centre.

But isn't that because the vast majority of people out and about are on foot or in a vehicle?

Indeed. Absolute numbers versus "Injury per km travelled".

(The same reason that compulsory helmets in cars would prevent more head injuries than compulsory cycling helmets 😉 ).

Had a look at that not sure where they're getting there figures from.

Scroll down a bit Drac. It is based on Stats19 data collected by police at accident scenes.

Bear in mind that it is ten years worth though!

Bit worrying about the accidents and serious injuries on my road and it's only 20houses long!

strange that a vehicle occupant was injured on my, pedestrianised street...

strange that a vehicle occupant was injured on my, pedestrianised street...

Serves him right then 😀

Was it pedestrianised recently (within 10 years)?
I suspect some of the locations will be a little bit off. Not sure if the police were using accurate GPS positioning on accident reports ten years ago.

Scroll down a bit Drac. It is based on Stats19 data collected by police at accident scenes.

Bear in mind that it is ten years worth though!

I've lived and worked in the area for almost 20 years and in the position to hear of most accidents. Yet there's way more showing up on there then I can possible account for.

A lot of the locations are erroneous and there's a disclaimer regarding this on the website. A casual look at some of the hillier areas of Scotland shows a surprising number of vehicle casualties (and they can't all be deer stalkers).

Drac, also bear in mind that the circles are "Slight Injury", which as a paramedic you probably wouldn't be involved in or hear about. [url= http://www.dft.gov.uk/collisionreporting/Stats/stats20.pdf ]Stats20[/url] defines "Slight Injury" to be:

Sprains, not necessarily requiring medical treatment
Neck whiplash injury
Bruises
Slight cuts
Slight shock requiring roadside attention.

I serious injury and 2 minor injuries to cyclists on my commute. One of the benefits of having a route that's more than 80% off road.

[i]One of the benefits of having a route that's more than 80% off road. [/i]

the slight downside beign that accidents and injuries on 80% of your journey won't be recorded 😉

Stats 19 forms are submitted by the police after every notifiable RTC. Analysts add the grid reference later to the form once submitted. Plotting accuracy is fairly good at junction collisions as the analyst can easily pinpoint the exact location from the officer's description; ie, High St at Main St, Anytown.

Plotting accuracy on rural roads, well away from known fixed points, is a lottery. Fatals are usually accurately plotted because officers will use vascar to measure exactly 3.528miles from the location to the nearest known junction. Less serious bumps, attended by local officers without access to calibrated speedos or vascar will involve a rough guesstimate of distance or a local reference point not known to the analyst.

STATS19 data, whilst overall accurate enough, can be prone to many errors. It all depends upon how the attending crash scene officer records it, either at the time or when he/she gets back to the office. I look at STATS19 data for work and it's surprising how wrong certain information can be - even marking a collision on a completely different road than where it occured is not uncommon (but reasonably rare I will add!).

Less serious bumps, attended by local officers without access to calibrated speedos or vascar will involve a rough guesstimate of distance or a local reference point not known to the analyst.

Mental given the ready availability of cheap GPS solutions these days.

I bet a fair number of officers are already carrying a GPS-capable phone for personal use and probably have a TomTom or similar in the car.

Airwave terminals (Police radios) are GPS enabled, so officers could add the grid ref themselves if the powers that be permitted it.

the slight downside beign that accidents and injuries on 80% of your journey won't be recorded

Yes your right - who do I write to to tell them about my sore thumb caused by hitting something I didn't see in the dark. I think I may start a petition to get street lighting on the route.

Well, a risk assesment may well be in order following your previous injury.

Drac, also bear in mind that the circles are "Slight Injury", which as a paramedic you probably wouldn't be involved in or hear about. Stats20 defines "Slight Injury" to be:

We get called to most, it's the serious injuries I'd quibble though.

neither of my motorbike accidents are on - do I have to die before they take me seriously!

I've died three times and they haven't go that on either!

woo hoo - i'm listed!

Thetford Forest has had a few accidents, no injured cyclist though.. 😆

For London it doesn't support a zoom level sufficient to stop the icons overlapping on any of the main roads 🙁