JanePepperJan 3, 2023
Ciarán Ferrie

In summary, the deaths of people travelling inside cars has decreased, while the deaths of those travelling outside cars has increased dramatically.

We have engineered our cars to protect the occupants at the expense of those outside the car, and our road safety strategy is failing the most vulnerable.

This is bad for road safety, and bad for the necessary shift towards sustainable transport modes, including public transport, which people mostly access on foot.

https://irishcycle.com/2022/12/31/deaths-of-people-cycling-on-irish-roads-remains-at-2021-low-while-pedestrian-deaths-doubled-in-2022/

IrishCycle.com -- Deaths of people cycling on Irish roads remains at 2021 low, while pedestrian deaths doubled in 2022

Seven people died while cycling on Irish roads in 2022 — the provisional Garda data on road deaths shows the number is static compared to the 2021. But pedestrian deaths doubled in 2022 accounting …

IrishCycle.com
Jan 1, 2023 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadᚇ Darragh RoganJan 1, 2023
@ccferrie there really ought to be a sufficiently weighted multiplier on euro ncap ratings reflecting the harm to community. And insurance rates to match
Show threadNicholas BohmJan 1, 2023

@ccferrie

Making drivers and passengers wear seatbelts doesn't seem likely to make drivers more careful., and in practice doesn't seem to have done so.

Show threadSimon BoyneJan 2, 2023
@ccferrie while the RSA back slaps themselves for the reduction which they've had little to no impact on.
Show threadMazzyJan 3, 2023

@ccferrie

Many years ago I used to work in the team which collates British road accident statistics. A mother phoned me to ask "which is safer, a car or a motorbike" with a view to buying her teenage son one.

My answer was, "It depends how hard it hits you." Not the question she thought she was asking, she was thinking that a "safe" vehicle is one which offers occupant protection. Not so if it's your child that it hits and kills.