Deaths on Britain's Roads

Indie · 16 Dec 2009 at 12:38

TheMightyTen said:
Where abouts in Brum was that?

just outside birmingham, closer to Walsall than anything.. Sutton Road, near Longhorn pub and the Co-op

D.P. · 16 Dec 2009 at 12:52

Kami said:
Shocked by how many more males than females died on the roads, didn't expect it to be quite as huge.

More males drive than females.

I haven't seen normalized statistics yet.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 16 Dec 2009 at 13:04

It doesn't believe Belfast is part of the UK apparently, thanks BBC!

alex24 · 16 Dec 2009 at 13:05

You're all the same (Irish) to us ignorant English.

Crixus00 · 16 Dec 2009 at 13:08

not impressed with the implementation

mufc802 · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:02

Funny how it says "New drivers aged between 17 and 25 stand out. Passing a driving test does not provide the necessary experience and judgments needed for today's busy roads."

Yet about 3/4 of the deaths by 17-25 year olds on the chart happen at night when they are most likely drunk, which has nothing to do with driving experience.

Basher · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:14

Interesting. All of the roads that have been reduced to 50 around here have had no accidents.

Basher · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:18

Yateszy said:
... happen at night when they are most likely drunk, which has nothing to do with driving experience.

Or pehaps because they have had little/no experience of night driving?

jamief · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:27

Yateszy said:
Funny how it says "New drivers aged between 17 and 25 stand out. Passing a driving test does not provide the necessary experience and judgments needed for today's busy roads."

Yet about 3/4 of the deaths by 17-25 year olds on the chart happen at night when they are most likely drunk, which has nothing to do with driving experience.

Im sure most of them aren't drunk.

Gaygle · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:29

jamief said:
Im sure most of them aren't drunk.

No, but it does make it more dramatic if you say they are doesn't it?

Glaucus · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:30

69 deaths in avon and somerset and get this, biggest group is car driving 31-50.

So much for young drivers or motorbikes.

what a surprise by targeting young drivers you have moved the deaths from young drivers to older drivers. Not since 2004 has young drivers outweighed older drivers in avon and somerset. Just like focusing on speeding which causes very few crashes. We now have a huge general bad driving and lack of concentration incidents.

Admiral Huddy · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:35

.. and people are frightened of flying.

mufc802 · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:37

Propably because the gap between 31-50 is larger than 17-25, and more people can afford to drive when they are at that age than youngsters.

rypt · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:37

Malt_Vinegar said:
Its thought that whilst women have more accidents, they tend to be at slower speeds, so are less likely again to be fatal.

Or because they cause accidents that they are not themselves involved in

snowdog · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:42

.. and people are frightened of flying.

No matter what the statistics will say, I'll always have more fear of dieing in a plane crash than in my car, at least in the car I'm in control and me getting an accident would likely be my fault, in a plane you are powerless to do anything. If the plane fails like the rudder breaks off you're dead. It's never your fault as a passenger really.

What I find funny is the ''road type''. Surely this proves that the limit on motorways is way too low and can easily be upped and that reducing the limit on there is retarded ?

mufc802 · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:44

snowdog said:
No matter what the statistics will say, I'll always have more fear of dieing in a plane crash than in my car, at least in the car I'm in control and me getting an accident would likely be my fault, in a plane you are powerless to do anything. If the plane fails like the rudder breaks off you're dead.

What I find funny is the ''road type''. Surely this proves that the limit on motorways is way too low and can easily be upped and that reducing the limit on there is retarded ?

Because a lot of motorway drivers go over the limit anyway, so say the limit was put up to 80, many drivers would still think they could get away with 90+, etc.

Gilly · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:47

Lies, damn lies...

snowdog · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:47

Yateszy said:
Because a lot of motorway drivers go over the limit anyway, so say the limit was put up to 80, many drivers would still think they could get away with 90+, etc.

I am one of them

. Imo 90 mph is the nicest cruising speed on the motorway, not too slow but also not that fast that the economy suffers a lot and not that fast that braking for something in front of you takes ages.

At night on an empty 3 lane straight&flat motorway only being allowed to drive 70 mph is stupid imo.

Berger · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:53

Laughable, not changed in the past 10 years in Lancashire yet the cameras have increased dramatically.

SpeedFreak · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:28

what is interesting is the number of fatalities of over 75s considering they should statistically make up the smallest demographic.