M
Martin Dann
Guest
Simon Brooke wrote:
> As you'll see deaths of children walking or cycling to school are clearly
> down over the period, 'others' (presumably mainly cars and chelsea
> tractors) show no clear trend. Cyclist 'serious injuries' are also down by
> about 50% over the period.
>
> 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.
If there are more children walking/cycling instead of
being driven to school, then there will be less cars on
the roads to injure them.
What would be interesting would be statistics on the
number of children/adults killed or seriously injured by
parents transporting their kids to school by car.
> As you'll see deaths of children walking or cycling to school are clearly
> down over the period, 'others' (presumably mainly cars and chelsea
> tractors) show no clear trend. Cyclist 'serious injuries' are also down by
> about 50% over the period.
>
> 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.
If there are more children walking/cycling instead of
being driven to school, then there will be less cars on
the roads to injure them.
What would be interesting would be statistics on the
number of children/adults killed or seriously injured by
parents transporting their kids to school by car.
