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[Gowans]

I thought this was interesting enough to share

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720

Using official data recorded by police in Great Britain between 1999 and 2010, we have plotted every road collision in which someone died. In all, 36,371 fatalities are marked on this interactive map. You will also find partial data for Northern Ireland, for 2004-2009.

Detailed information about each crash is recorded by the police at the scene. It is subsequently transferred onto a computer database. This is available to researchers from the Economic and Social Data Service.

 

[Veins]

What's a valid postcode to use?

Edit: M1 1AA

Wow it also has info on each crash.

 

[GraveRobberX]

What's a valid postcode to use?

This. =/

 

[Gowans]

What's a valid postcode to use?

Use Mine [probably not the best idea. Use SmokyDave's in the post below]

 

[SmokyDave]

Grim. My area seems fairly cool though.

What's a valid postcode to use?

NG1 3DJ


Edit: Gowans, I might be paranoid but I'm not sure it's a good idea to use your actual postcode. That narrows you down to 5-10 houses in the country.

 

[Fl1pp13]

Use Mine [snip]

Thanks!

 

[PumpkinPie]

Only two in my area, I was at school with one of them when she was killed.

 

[Fl1pp13]

Clicking on the dots gives a short description, mentioning their sex, age and other people who were only injured.

 

[Salazar]

One motorbike accident in 2009.

I never noticed anybody driving above a tedious pace in Caldicot, so I suppose I am not surprised.

 

[Gowans]

Clicking on the dots gives a short description, mentioning their sex, age and other people who were only injured.

Yeah some sad stuff in there

 

[Salazar]

Yeah some sad stuff in there

Oxford's cluster of bicycle versus vehicle accidents are tragic. Well, not more tragic than others, but able to be more immediately pictured when one thinks of the city.

 

[Bleepey]

Grim. My area seems fairly cool though.



NG1 3DJ


Edit: Gowans, I might be paranoid but I'm not sure it's a good idea to use your actual postcode. That narrows you down to 5-10 houses in the country.

Seriously, i am sure most people on gaf are good people but dude i pretty much know where you live. Why not just give the postcode for the near by library or something.

 

[Kabouter]

Seriously, i am sure most people on gaf are good people but dude i pretty much know where you live. Why not just give the postcode for the near by library or something.

Yeah, I edited it out (and the quoted) to be careful. You never know who's reading.

 

[industrian]

Less fatal accidents than I thought would be on the A7. There's accidents galore on that stretch of road.

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Oxford's cluster of bicycle versus vehicle accidents are tragic. Well, not more tragic than others, but able to be more immediately pictured when one thinks of the city.

Not as many as I thought there would be, but it's still sad all the same. Still remember that one from 2007

 

[Gowans]

Yeah, I edited it out (and the quoted) to be careful. You never know who's reading.

Yeah thanks!

 

[J Tourettes]

Using my old post code of N7 0RB brings up the stats for close to Kings X. Pensioner pedestrians seem to be disproportionately represented.

 

[Psychotext]

Strange, some of the areas near me that I know are insanely dangerous junctions have no deaths at all. Whereas there are a bunch of deaths in places I'm struggling to work out how there could possibly be major accidents.

I guess going too fast / drink or drugs has to be a factor in a bunch of them.

Edit - In a lot of the crashes you can see the age / sex makeup of cars full of what looks like families. How depressing.

 

[joshcryer]

Wait, UK postcodes are reduced to 5-10 houses? That's crazy! ZIP codes here are tens of thousands of houses.

 

[Messypandas]

its like my screens got chicken pox

 

[ToxicAdam]

I saw the one for the US a few days ago:

http://flowingdata.com/2011/11/29/us-road-fatalities-mapped-9-years/

 

[Casp0r]

This is missing lots of deaths I've heard about ...

 

[BGBW]

Apparently only one near me. Surprised seeing at there's a crossing much closer where the cars just speed through the lights.

Sad to see many of these incidents result in a pedestrian dying.