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6. Safety and security on the transport networks
Table 6.2
Change in KSI risk by vulnerable road user and time period.
User group
KSI casualties per billion passenger kilometre
April 2006-
March 2010
April 2010-
April 2014
Change
Pedestrians 299 241 -19%
Pedal cyclists 740 677 -9%
Powered two-wheeler 2026 1551 -23%
Vulnerable road users (VRU) 484 397 -18%
Source: TfL Surface Transport - Strategy & Outcome Planning.
Risk to vulnerable road users by London borough
The road environment varies substantially across London, as does the mix of road
user types. To understand whether these geographical variations have an impact on
risk, it is informative to calculate risk at a borough level. Figure 6.2 shows the KSI
casualty risk by borough among vulnerable road user groups in London. Note that
these risk figures have a level of uncertainty (see figure 6.3) so that in some cases
apparent differences may not be statistically significant at a sufficient level to merit
action.
Figure 6.2 Heat map showing KSI risk for vulnerable road users by borough (April 2010
to March 2014).
Source: TfL Surface Transport - Strategy & Outcome Planning.
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