🚨"Traffic crashes kill and injure people worldwide on a massive scale. This doesn’t happen ‘by accident’"

With this website, we want to show how the media report on traffic crashes and initiate a change. We collect news articles and data on framing. To make this data as complete and representative as possible, we need your help. All website visitors can contribute by adding a news report and answering a few short questions about the framing.

https://roaddanger.org/

#RoadDanger

'Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/critical-safety-issues-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling/critical-safety-issues-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling

'The recommendation to focus on identifying and removing critical issues was introduced nationally in Local Transport Note 1/20 for cycling and regionally through approaches such as London’s Healthy Streets check and Greater Manchester’s Streets for All check.'

#cycling #walking #ActiveTravel #RoadDanger #cars #LTN120

'Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport'

https://www.economist.com/international/2025/10/09/forget-evs-cycling-is-revolutionising-transport
https://archive.is/khwYb

'The third reason is a spread of bike-friendly infrastructure. Bicycles mostly died out as a form of transport in the mid-20th century not only because cars were faster and cushier, but also because cars made cycling catastrophically dangerous.'

#EVs #ElectricVehicles #ElectricCars #cars #transport #cycling #ActiveTravel #BikeTooter #Environment #RoadDanger

'Hundreds of pedestrians hurt or killed on Surrey roads last year'

Britain: '1,602 deaths reported last year – the equivalent of four people killed in crashes each day.'

https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/hundreds-of-pedestrians-hurt-or-killed-on-surrey-roads-last-year-836830

'* 331 pedestrians.
* 1,867 car occupants
* 309 cyclists
* 453 motorcyclists
* 93 van occupants
* 10 HGV occupants
* 15 bus occupants
* 42 other road users'

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #motorists #ActiveTravel #transport #walking #cars #Surrey #England #UK #cycling

Why does it look like progress in reducing road deaths stopped around 2010 even as collisions reduced - coincidence or #Austerity / #Conservatives ? Then again, collisions have been up again since 2020.

"How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"

https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history

"Today, the United Kingdom has one of the lowest road death rates in the world.2 You can see it compared to other countries in the chart."

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #UK #transport #roads #motorists

@yle_bot A refreshing attitude to #RoadDanger:-
'"The children are practising their traffic skills, and it is up to each of us adults to make sure that stepping on a pedestrian crossing is safe. So, let’s be careful and ready to stop whenever we approach a pedestrian crossing," said Eero Sauramäki, Head of Road Traffic Management Centre at Fintraffic said in a press release.'

In the UK, this would be seen as an infringement of motorists' rights

5 people killed per day on UK roads!

"Why we need the media to join the dots on road danger"

https://www.eta.co.uk/news/why-we-need-the-media-to-join-the-dots-on-road-danger

"But it missed something crucial. Harry’s death, while particularly high-profile, was not an isolated incident. On average, five people die on Britain’s roads every day. Families up and down the country are dealing with similar losses, often without the media attention or political outrage."

#RoadDanger #RoadViolence #roads #cars #motorists #UK #transport

"Mercedes has announced it’s bringing Microsoft Teams video calls into the driver’s seat."

https://www.eta.co.uk/news/office-catchups-at-70mph-the-latest-threat-to-road-safety

'nothing says “road safety” like live-streaming your face while piloting two tonnes of steel through city streets.' .. 'you can beam your image into the boardroom, dashboard glow lighting your cheekbones just-so as you pass the local school at drop off.'

#RoadDanger #roads #motorists #cars #technology #Mercedes

"LTNS CUT DEATHS AND INJURIES BY OVER A THIRD."

Taken from the #BikeIsBest newsletter https://www.bikeis.best/p/30-cycling-growth-and-good-ltn-news?publication_id=2148339&post_id=167820435&isFreemail=true

"Examining 113 London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) across more than a decade, researchers found that LTNs were associated with a 35% reduction in all injuries, and a 37% drop in deaths and serious injuries (KSIs)."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/londons-low-traffic-zones-cut-deaths-and-injuries-by-more-than-a-third

#cycling #biketodon #biketodon #walking #ActiveTravel #London #UK #LTN #LTNs #transport #RoadDanger