Re: Travel-to-school casualty statistics

[Tony Raven]

Simon Brooke wrote on 23/06/2007 11:34 +0100:
>
> Of course what we don't have is absolute numbers of pedestrian,
> cyclist and 'other' journeys to school, but my impression is that the
> number of children walking or cycling is rising.
>
> However, these are useful figures to show to anxious parents worried
> about letting little Cesar and Lucretia cycle to school.
>

It would seem that the statement that in 2005 only one child was killed
cycling to school in the whole of the UK would be sufficient.

--
Tony

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On Jun 23, 11:17 pm, Tony Raven <[email protected]> wrote:
> Simon Brooke wrote on 23/06/2007 11:34 +0100:
>
>
>
> > Of course what we don't have is absolute numbers of pedestrian,
> > cyclist and 'other' journeys to school, but my impression is that the
> > number of children walking or cycling is rising.
>
> > However, these are useful figures to show to anxious parents worried
> > about letting little Cesar and Lucretia cycle to school.
>
> It would seem that the statement that in 2005 only one child was killed
> cycling to school in the whole of the UK would be sufficient.
>

C'mon, Tony! If One Life Could Be Saved...and someone actually got
killed cycling? There's only one possible response to that....

Ban the Bike!

James