Why are pedestrian deaths not as well reported as cyclists?
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dessiato
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A propos the accident rates for traffic accidents in the UK, this is interesting, although I've not had a chance to read it all yet.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa..._data/file/533293/rrcgb-main-results-2015.pdf
It does make me wonder why there is not more in the news about road traffic injuries and deaths.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa..._data/file/533293/rrcgb-main-results-2015.pdf
It does make me wonder why there is not more in the news about road traffic injuries and deaths.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Because people might demand something has to be done
dessiato
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It's interesting to see that, in terms of deaths per million inhabitants, the UK is still one of the safest places in Europe. Having lived in Portugal it doesn't surprise me that their figures are almost double the UK. I might make this the subject of a conversation lesson.
Just because it is relatively safe in the UK doesn't mean that improving safety wouldn't be good.
Just because it is relatively safe in the UK doesn't mean that improving safety wouldn't be good.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Purely anecdotally, I recall 3 pedestrian deaths that were vaguely reported in my area in recent years, all involved people over 70 years of age.
And last March 2 people in their 30's and 40's were killed in one go and it was all over the news.
And last March 2 people in their 30's and 40's were killed in one go and it was all over the news.
Reno
The In Kraut
With pedestrians it's often their mistake, walking in front of a car without looking, or it's a freak accident where a car drives onto the pavement. There aren't that many concrete things which can be done, pavements are for pedestrians and roads for cars and mostly it works. You still read about those deaths when a crime has been committed, but not when it was an accident. While the same can be true with cyclists, often the reason for their deaths has to with things like dangerous or no cycling paths, dangerous roundabouts and lorries with poor sight lines and in those cases something can be done. There is a campaign for cycling safety ongoing. Nothing will ever be 100% safe but there simply isn't that much which can be done to protect pedestrians further while there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to cycling in London (I stopped because I find it too stressful).
Most people who commit suicide on the underground you never read about. There are so many and there isn't really that much which can be done.
Most people who commit suicide on the underground you never read about. There are so many and there isn't really that much which can be done.
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
further to previous replies no deaths are as well reported as they used to be as british journalism descends to a new nadir every day.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
doesn't matter how they define themselves werdo, if you are walking you are a pedestrian, cycling a cyclist, driving a driver.
ffsear
Well-Known Member
If i ride a bike, i'm just a guy riding a bike. I would NEVER refer to myself as a cyclist.
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
The hypocritical Mail probably had a pic of her in a bikini on their website! Necrophiliac porn is very popular among DM types apparently.The Standard had a picture of the young Italian cyclist in Battersea killed the other day plastered all over their front page. Can't think why.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Here's a poor soul who died near me yesterday: Elderly man, 90, dies after Haslemere High Street collision 90 years old...
BigTom
Well-Known Member
except that there is a cycling "community" and the papers know they can be relied upon for clickbait, hence lots of articles about cycling that are designed to get comments/social media shares.
Suspect that carries over to reporting cyclist deaths even though the articles are not clickbait.
bimble
floofy
Yesterday's Standard front page was 'latest cyclist to be killed in London was an Italian PRINCE', but anyway, that's two in a week in London. If reading about it makes drivers even a tiny bit more aware then great. And this happened yesterday, where the young woman died. Activists hold 'die-in' protest where cyclist was killed by truck
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
How the fuck did the poor old bastard collide with Haslemere High St?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
It may have the appearance of a genteel Surrey/Sussex borders high street, but it's a cold-blooded baddass of a thoroughfare.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Yes, and cycle campaigners are very good at social media and have lots of 'social capital'. I don't buy the trope of cycling being a moneyed middle class form of transport but it is true of cycle campaigners.
fredfelt
Mostly unknown member
I have heard an argument that the UK is relatively low as fewer people walk / cycle.
It's not really surprising as the priority is always to provide safe roads for vehicles.
fredfelt
Mostly unknown member
Deaths from air pollution are in the news again. If 50,000 lives were being cut short with any other preventable cause it would be a huge scandal.
However we seem ready to accept these deaths. The burden on owners of desiel and the most polluting vehicles in rectifying this is considered too great.
However we seem ready to accept these deaths. The burden on owners of desiel and the most polluting vehicles in rectifying this is considered too great.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
It's to do with the way news is reported. Cycle deaths, particularly in London, contribute to a narrative about improving cycling safety.
Attaching news items to existing narratives is very common. The extreme example is the US elections where it just becomes 2yrs of lazy journalism.
Attaching news items to existing narratives is very common. The extreme example is the US elections where it just becomes 2yrs of lazy journalism.
ruffneck23
front left
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
And on the pavement
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yeh cos there have been no stories ever about cyclists killing pedestrians and it's only when you start killing people that they have a right to complain
