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Working together for more and safer active travel
RoSPA conference, Making our roads safer for vulnerable road users,
Birmingham, 13 February 2019
David Davies, Executive Director, PACTS
Active travel and road safety
PACTS’ position
• PACTS encourages safe, healthy modes – public transport and active travel
• Walking and cycling are healthy and benign – no/little harm to others
• PACTS supports casualty reduction (towards zero) and danger reduction
• Just to be clear, PACTS is not anti-car or anti-motorcycling
Road deaths in UK 2005-17
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Kill
ed
Year
England (excl. London) London Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
See PACTS report Road Safety Since
2010 - Update
Deaths by road user group (GB average 2005-09)
Pedestrians, 613, 22%
Pedal cyclists, 130, 5%
Car ccupants, 1,407, 50%
Motorcyclists, 544, 19%
Other, 122, 4% Total Deaths: 2,816
Deaths by road user group (GB, 2010)
Pedestrians, 405, 22%
Pedal Cyclists, 111, 6%
Car Occupants, 835, 45%
Motorcyclists, 403, 21%
Other, 117, 6% Total Deaths: 1,871
Deaths by road user group (GB, 2017)
Pedestrians, 470, 26%
Pedal cyclists, 101, 6%
Car occupants 787, 44%
Motorcyclists, 349, 19%
Other, 86, 5%Total Deaths: 1,793
Deaths by road user group (GB, 2005-2009, 2010, 2017)
Pedestrians, 470, 26%
Pedal cyclists, 101, 6%
Car occupants 787, 44%
Motorcyclists, 349, 19%
Other, 86, 5%
Total Deaths 2017: 1,793
Pedestrians, 613, 22%
Pedal cyclists, 130, 5%
Car ccupants,
1,407, 50%
Motorcyclists, 544, 19%
Other, 122, 4%
Total Deaths 2005-09: 2,816
Pedestrians, 405, 22%
Pedal Cyclists, 111, 6%
Car Occupants, 835, 45%
Motorcyclists403, 21%
Other, 117, 6%
Total Deaths
2010: 1,871
Conventional presentation –fatality rates for the road user by mode
Alternative presentation –fatality rates for other road users by mode
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1.24 1
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Rate of non-users (third parties) killed in collisions with other vehicles* per billion vehicle km,
GB 2017
Number Non-users Killed in Collision Involving Vehicle Type(not counting 3+ collisions)/Billion KM Travelled
*excluding vehicle collisions involving three or more vehicles, which account for some 15% of reported road deaths.
Source: Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2017 Annual Report, Transport Statistics Great Britain 2017, and Domestic Road Freight Statistics Great Britain 2017.
See PACTS evidence to Transport Committee Active Travel inquiry
Alternative presentation –deaths of all road users by mode
6 6 28
832
38183
406 101 349
828
7 21
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Number of Users and Non-Users (third parties) Killed by Road User Type, GB 2017
Number of Users Killed
Source: Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2017 Annual Report, Transport Statistics Great Britain 2017, and Domestic Road Freight Statistics Great Britain 2017.
Young riders
In 2017, PACTS and ETSC published Reducing Casualties involving young drivers and riders in Europe,* the policy paper for the EC-funded YEARS project.
• Lots of research and good practice available on young driver safety
• Very little research or good practice available on young rider safety
*This report looked at riders off PTWs, not pedal cyclists.
Conclusions
• Time to move road safety forward
• Integrate with wider agendas, including active travel
• Bring together road safety (casualty reduction), Vision Zero and road danger reduction
• An opportunity – not a threat.
For more, see • PACTS evidence to Transport Committee Active Travel inquiry
• PACTS conference: Streets safe for walking
• PACTS report: Achieving Safety, Sustainability and Health Goals in Transport
Thank you
David G DaviesExecutive Director
PACTS78 Buckingham GateWestminsterLondon SW1E 6PE
t 020 7222 7732e [email protected] w www.pacts.org.uktwitter @PACTS