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The breakdown in 2022 was: - Impaired Drivers (60%) - Passengers of Impaired Drivers (12%) - Other Vehicle Occupants (16%) - Non-Occupants of Vehicles (12%)
by Spooky23 1y ago
The breakdown in 2022 was:
- Impaired Drivers (60%)
- Passengers of Impaired Drivers (12%)
- Other Vehicle Occupants (16%)
- Non-Occupants of Vehicles (12%)
In the driver category, it's dominated by young males who tend to be poor in terms of compliance. The next cohort of are frequent fliers, any age, with chronic alcohol problems. That said, my understanding is that younger people are drinking less and shifting to cannabis.
Like any problem like this, it's complex. But I'd say that in general, PPE measures turn down the impact of incidents. But PPE for cyclists and others have pretty limited ability to reduce impact, as the physics of a collision at speed are in excess of the protection that can be offered.
Behavior and engineering are what eliminate incidents.
- robocat 1y agoEngineering won't help the >2% suicides! Our overview of the literature indicates that above 2% of the traffic accidents are suicide behaviors. However, the phenomenon may be underreported, considering that suicides by car accidents may be reported as accidental in the national statistics.
- Spooky23 1y agoYou don’t know that unless you study it. Better pedestrian barriers, improved sight lines, or warning technology in cars may reduce certain categories of suicidal acts. My relative was a fire chief in a city with a popular bridge for jumpers and was involved in the response to the overall problem. Changing the sidewalk design, fencing, funneling people to locations with emergency phones and a few other things saved a few dozen people who intended to jump. The whole point of our profession to to look at problems and solve them. Zero is difficult, but you can attack those numbers and make progress.