The Stats19 casualty data that the police have been patiently collecting for many years now is a mine of information. Here are some maps looking at where pedestrians and cyclists are injured and killed depending on their ages. I have taken three places which show up some patterns which deserve more analysis (London, Edinburgh and Northampton). There are some obvious patterns, in that children are hurt in the residential areas, 16-55 year olds tend to be injured in the commercial centres and along the main arterial roads whereas 55+ year olds have their own distinct patterns. However, it is also possible to see tell-tail clusters which deserve more investigation, including the apparent rat-runs along ‘residential’ roads that have much higher levels of injury than surrounding roads, and also the junctions and sections roads where higher numbers of casualties that surrounding ones. Click on the maps to make them bigger and see what you can find.
South London pedestrian and cyclist casualties by age 2000-2010
Edinburgh pedestrian and cyclist casualties by age 2000-2010
Northampton pedestrian and cyclist casualties by age 2000-2010
Lots more mapping coming up on the lead up to World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims on the 20th Nov.
Pedestrian Liberation 