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| 2008 - GB Single Vehicle Collisions (URBAN ROADS) |
Lamp posts remain the most struck object in urban areas, followed by trees.
Trees remain the most struck object in rural areas, followed by ditches.
Crash barrier remain the most struck object on motorways, followed (some way behind) by trees.
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| 2008 - Single Vehicle Collisions (RURAL ROADS) |
Lamp posts remain the most struck object in urban areas, followed by trees.
Trees remain the most struck object in rural areas, followed by ditches.
Crash barrier remain the most struck object on
motorways, followed (some way behind) by trees. |
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| 2008 - GB Single Vehicle Collisions (MOTORWAYS) |
Lamp posts remain the most struck object in urban areas, followed by trees.
Trees remain the most struck object in rural areas, followed by ditches.
Crash barrier remain the most struck object on
motorways, followed (some way behind) by trees. |
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| 2008 - Severity Index |
The severity index is the proportion of KSI collisions as a % of the total number of injury collisions. The highest severity is for signs on motorways, which is somewhat surprising given that the sign posts should either be protected or made passively safe. However the total number of collisions in this category is small (just 46), so the apparently high index may not be statistically significant. The other high indices are for trees, with nearly one third of all tree collisions resulting in death or serious injury to vehicle occupants.
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| Single Vehicle Non-Pedestrian
Collisions 1990 - 2008 |
The 2008 figures produced by the DfT for GB single vehicle non pedestrian collisions show a total 16,303 personal injury collisions. This represents a reduction of 5% on the 2007 figure, and is the 7th consecutive year in which there has been a reduction on the previous year's total. The long term graph seems to show that a the recent reduction is part of a genuine downward trend.
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| Fatal SVNP Collisions 2007
Compared to 2008 |
The comparisons of objects struck in 2008 compared with 2007 reveals a big reduction in the number of tree fatalities, and a small increase in the number of lamp column fatalities. There were small increases in the number of both road sign and lamp post KSI collisions. All categories of objects struck showed a reduction in slight injury collisions. Further work is needed to understand these changes, as some of the objects (signs, lamp posts, safety fence) are directly affected by the move to passive safe roadsides, whereas others (trees, telegraph poles) are less directly affected.
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| KSI SVNP Collisions 2007
compared to 2008 |
The comparisons of objects struck in 2008 compared with 2007 reveals a big reduction in the number of tree fatalities, and a small increase in the number of lamp column fatalities. There were small increases in the number of both road sign and lamp post KSI collisions. All categories of objects struck showed a reduction in slight injury collisions. Further work is needed to understand these changes, as some of the objects (signs, lamp posts, safety fence) are directly affected by the move to passive safe roadsides, whereas others (trees, telegraph poles) are less directly affected.
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| Slight SVNP Collisions 2007
compared to 2008 |
The comparisons of objects struck in 2008 compared with 2007 reveals a big reduction in the number of tree fatalities, and a small increase in the number of lamp column fatalities. There were small increases in the number of both road sign and lamp post KSI collisions. All categories of objects struck showed a reduction in slight injury collisions. Further work is needed to understand these changes, as some of the objects (signs, lamp posts, safety fence) are directly affected by the move to passive safe roadsides, whereas others (trees, telegraph poles) are less directly affected.
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