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Thread #151274   Message #3531206
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
28-Jun-13 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bicycles on the sidewalk
Subject: RE: BS: Bicycles on the sidewalk
What the available statistics say
Using DFT figures, from 2007-2008, 60.7 pedestrians were killed on the pavement by motor-vehicles, whereas 0.5 were killed on the pavement, by pavement cyclists. This is based on 10% of pedestrian casualties being on the pavement or verge as was the case 2007-2008. The ratio of pedestrians killed on the pavement by motor-vehicles to those killed by cyclists is therefore 121.4:1. The ratio from 1998-2008 is 820.1:3 or 273:1 (uses the same 2007-2008 10% pedestrian casualties figure).