Wirral road casualties





The latest Department for Transport data for Wirral road casualties (the data reported for 2013) was published in June 2014. This showed that
  • the largest group of killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties was pedestrians (34)
  • the second largest group of KSI casualties was motorcyclists (31)
  • cyclist KSI casualties (29) were at a 20-year high - see chart below
  • car occupant casualties (also 29) have declined markedly over the last 8 years
  • the number of pedestrian KSI casualties is lower than 8 years ago, but this fall is in line with the national decline in walking, and so there is no clear evidence of progress in making Wirral roads less dangerous for pedestrians.

For more information about Wirral casualties, see http://www.travelindependent.org.uk/area_035.html.

For cyclist data for the last 20 years, see below.


Cyclists Killed or Seriously Injured




See here for an explanation of confidence intervals.

The KSI Figures:
YearAll agesSources
1994 13 [1]
1995 24 [1]
1996 22 [1]
1997 25 [1]
1998 17 [1]
1999 16 [1]
2000 5 [1]
2001 12 [1]
2002 14 [1]
2003 17 [1]
2004 17 [1]
2005 15 [1]
2006 18 [1]
2007 13 [1]
2008 14 [1]
2009 15 [1]
2010 16 [2]
2011 14 [2]
2012 22 [2]
2013 29 [3]



References


[1] Response to Freedom of Information requests to Wirral Council

[2] Table ras30043 from Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: Annual report 2012 (2013) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2012 or from here: ras30043.xls

[3] DfT road casualty data for English local authorities http://road-collisions.dft.gov.uk/