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Rossendale Casualty Profile and Road Safety Activities Paul Binks Road & Transport Safety Manager

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KSIs by District according to Casualty Group (2009-13)

Pedestrian Pedal Cyclist P2W Car Occupant Other Unknown

30 28 18 8 59 36 22 32 45 45 41 23 53 43 23 20 41 28 35 50 29 37 19 14 61 37 23 25 56 32 58 43 25 31 16 30 218 138 95 117 145 156 185 174 81 75 80 72 70 61 34 44 51 41 51 31 15 35 34 25 50 100 150 200 250 Lancaster Wyre Ribble Valley Fylde Preston South Ribble West Lancs Chorley Hyndburn Burnley Pendle Rossendale

KSI's by District (2009-13)

Age 0-15 16-19 20-25 26-64 65+

Rossendale Lancashir e No. % of County

• No. per 1000

population County rank adjusted for population No. 68053 5.8 * 11 Population 1171558 1260 5.3 18.5 8 All Casualties (2009-13) 23630 142 5.4 2.1 6 All Pedestrians 2649 76 4.1 1.1 9= All Pedal cyclists 1856 66 3.2 1.0 12 All Powered 2-wheeler 2040 884 5.7 13.0 6= All Car occupants 15570 92 6.1 1.4 3= All Other 1515 164 5.1 2.4 10= All KSI's (2009-13) 3228 47 6.3 0.7 5= KSI Pedestrians 750 26 6.6 0.4 1= KSI Pedal cyclists 396 21 2.9 0.3 12 KSI Powered 2-wheeler 728 59 4.9 0.9 8 KSI Car occupants 1207 11 7.5 0.2 1= KSI Other 147

The issues and priorities in Rossendale:

• Children and young people aged up to 25 years represent 40.9% of all the

killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualties in Rossendale, the Lancashire average being 38%

• The 16 to 25 year age group represents 26.8% of all killed and seriously

injured in Rossendale, the Lancashire average being 25.2 %

• The 0-15 year age group represent 14% of all killed and seriously injured in

Rossendale, with the Lancashire average being 12.8%

• 61% of all children killed and seriously injured in Rossendale were

Pedestrians

• Rossendale has the third highest rate of all killed or seriously injured

casualties for people aged 20-25 years old in Lancashire

• Rossendale has the highest rate of killed or seriously injured Pedestrian

casualties for people aged 65 years old and over in Lancashire

3% 17% 20% 33% 37% 50% Mechanical Fault Road Environment Pedestrian Error Speed Related Health Issues Driver rider error

ROSSENDALE - 2013 Contributory factors for collisions with a KSI casualty (a collision may have multiple contributory factors)

Activities: District Action Plan:

• Evidence Based Accident Reduction Measures
• 20mph Speed Limit Areas
• Speed Tasking & Lancashire Road Watch
• Engagement in 20mph areas
• Resources for schools and collages
• Wasted Lives
• Resources for Older People