Pedestrian Crossings: Accidents
(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been recorded as taking place on or in the vicinity of pedestrian crossings in each of the last three years.
The number of reported road accidents with a personal injury within 50 metres of a pedestrian crossings in Great Britain between 2016 and 2018 can be found in the below table.
Reported road accidents with a personal injury within 50 metres of pedestrian crossings¹,², Great Britain, 2016-2018 | ||||||||||
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Year | Accidents |
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2016 | 25,829 |
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2017 | 25,348 |
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2018 | 25,235 |
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Source: DfT, STATS19 |
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1. Includes human controlled crossings by school crossing patrols and by other authorised | ||||||||||
persons, zebra crossings, pelicans, puffins, toucans or other similar non-junctions, | ||||||||||
pedestrian phases at traffic signal junctions, footbridges or subways, and central refuges | ||||||||||
2. Excludes cases where road crossing type was undefined |
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