From: JMS jmsmith2010 on
Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results: 2009 are out at the DfT
webpages.

Main Highlights are :

Total road casualties down 4%
Seriously injured down 6%
Child casualties down 6%
All pedestrian casualties down 6%
Motor cycle casualties down 4%

All good news - oh - there are a couple more:

Number of seriously injured cyclists up 6%
Total casualties among cyclists up 5%

--
Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws.

The answer:
All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered.
Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest.
Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed.
(With thanks to KeithT for the idea)

From: Mrcheerful on
JMS wrote:
> Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results: 2009 are out at the DfT
> webpages.
>
> Main Highlights are :
>
> Total road casualties down 4%
> Seriously injured down 6%
> Child casualties down 6%
> All pedestrian casualties down 6%
> Motor cycle casualties down 4%
>
> All good news - oh - there are a couple more:
>
> Number of seriously injured cyclists up 6%
> Total casualties among cyclists up 5%

that is probably because of an increase in their numbers coupled witha lack
of training/regulation


From: nmm1 on
In article <VOl1o.235346$sD7.191566(a)hurricane>,
Mrcheerful <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>JMS wrote:
>> Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results: 2009 are out at the DfT
>> webpages.
>>
>> Main Highlights are :
>>
>> Total road casualties down 4%
>> Seriously injured down 6%
>> Child casualties down 6%
>> All pedestrian casualties down 6%
>> Motor cycle casualties down 4%
>>
>> All good news - oh - there are a couple more:
>>
>> Number of seriously injured cyclists up 6%
>> Total casualties among cyclists up 5%
>
>that is probably because of an increase in their numbers coupled witha lack
>of training/regulation

Without more information, we cannot even say whether the number of
accidents per cyclist or mile cycled rose or fell, and we CERTAINLY
have no grounds to even guess at a cause.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
From: Tony Raven on
Mrcheerful wrote:
> JMS wrote:
>> Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results: 2009 are out at the DfT
>> webpages.
>>
>> Main Highlights are :
>>
>> Total road casualties down 4%
>> Seriously injured down 6%
>> Child casualties down 6%
>> All pedestrian casualties down 6%
>> Motor cycle casualties down 4%
>>
>> All good news - oh - there are a couple more:
>>
>> Number of seriously injured cyclists up 6%
>> Total casualties among cyclists up 5%
>
> that is probably because of an increase in their numbers coupled witha lack
> of training/regulation
>
>

Somehow the minor fact that cyclist fatalities fell by 10% seems to have
been overlooked. I can't think why on earth that would be.

--
Tony

" I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Bertrand Russell
From: Derek C on
On Jul 20, 7:29 pm, n...(a)cam.ac.uk wrote:
> In article <VOl1o.235346$sD7.191566(a)hurricane>,
>
>
>
>
>
> Mrcheerful <nbk...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> >JMS wrote:
> >> Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results: 2009 are out at the DfT
> >> webpages.
>
> >> Main Highlights are :
>
> >> Total road casualties down 4%
> >> Seriously injured down 6%
> >> Child casualties down 6%
> >> All pedestrian casualties down 6%
> >> Motor cycle casualties down 4%
>
> >> All good news - oh - there are a couple more:
>
> >> Number of seriously injured cyclists up 6%
> >> Total casualties among cyclists up 5%
>
> >that is probably because of an increase in their numbers coupled witha lack
> >of training/regulation
>
> Without more information, we cannot even say whether the number of
> accidents per cyclist or mile cycled rose or fell, and we CERTAINLY
> have no grounds to even guess at a cause.
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Maybe this might help:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/05/cycling-deaths-department-of-transport