Wirral Pedestrian Casualty Statistics
Merseyside Road Casualty Statistics 2009
Figures published by the Department for Transport and released under the Freedom of Information Act have again showed very poor pedestrian casualty figures for Merseyside.
• The total number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured (KSI) was 56% above the national average, making Merseyside the second worst of the 57 English counties. Of the five Merseyside council areas, the worst was Liverpool where the pedestrian KSI rate was double the national average.
• Merseyside was one of only five English counties where pedestrian KSI casualties exceeded car-user KSI casualties
• The Merseyside car-user KSI rate was 22% below the UK avarage, making Merseyside the tenth best of the 57 English counties for car-users.
• For children, the Merseyside pedestrian KSI rate was 66% above the national average. It was worst in Knowsley and Wirral (both had rates double the national average).
It seems clear that more effort is needed to reduce pedestrian casualties in Merseyside, with increased emphasis on the needs of pedestrians in road safety policy.
Wirral Road Casualty Statistics 1994 to 2008
Averages for the last three years show that the Wirral has some of the worst pedestrian casualty statistics in the UK:
Of Wirral child road casualties, 77% were child pedestrians, 16% were child cyclists and 7% were children in motor vehicles.
Pedestrians: taking all ages together, Wirral rates are 30% above the UK average
For children, Wirral rates are 80% above the UK average.
Motor vehicle occupants: Wirral rates are below the UK average, the rate for children being 53% below the UK average.
Cyclists: the total rate is 15% above the UK average; for child cyclists, the Wirral rate is 48% above the UK average,
Overall (all modes of transport): the Wirral total for all ages is similar to the UK average; but for children, is 45% above the UK average, the high Wirral rate being due to the very high rate for child pedestrians, and the high rate for child cyclists.
These are the rates for deaths and serious injuries for the most recent 3-year period of 2006 - 2008.
In all categories, the 2006 - 2008 rates have fallen compared to the previous 3-year averages, but the
reductions over the last 15 years have not been in line with UK averages.
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