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Information
kindly provided by Ben Johnson
London Road Safety Unit - Dec 2005
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Frequent Types of P2W Collisions
- Other
vehicle turns right across the pass of P2W - about half
of all KSIs
- P2W
loses control - 11% of KSIs
- Head
on collision - 6% of KSIs
- 1 in
5 between 7am and 10am
- 1 in
5 in the wet
- Nearly
1 in 3 in dark
- Oil
and Diesel
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KSI
= Killed or Seriously Injured
P2W = Powered Two Wheelers
PTWs make up less than 2% of vehicluar traffic in London, but
account for 24% of all fatalities and 18% of killed and seriously
injured combined.
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Much of the casualty increase in 2001 can be explained
by increased ownership
BikeSafe-London began in 2003 and it would be encouraging
to think that the success of our scheme has contributed to
the falling number of KSIs and Slight Casualties since that
time.
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| Year
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Fatal
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Serious
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Slight |
| 2001 |
69
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1205
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6523
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| 2002 |
65 |
1148
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5722
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| 2003 |
63 |
1078 |
5231 |
| 2004 |
47 |
848 |
4663
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| 2005 |
44 |
780 |
4112 |
2006 |
43 |
805 |
3827 |
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Statistics
show:
- Motorcycles
are the highest risk mode of transport
- London
P2W casualty rates per resident are higher than the
GB as a whole
- There
is a casualty spike of young riders of low powered
bikes and mopeds and older riders are injured on more
powerful bikes
- Men
make up around 90% of casualties but relatively more
women are injured in the 20 - 30 age group.
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