Secondary Age Pedestrians’ Report: a 10-point plan

An investigation has been carried out into road traffic collisions in Sheffield involving pedestrians aged 11-16 years. The following findings were made:-

• Over the last 10 years the number of secondary age pedestrian casualties has declined by 56% when comparing the 2009 figure with the 01-04 base average. The decline has been most rapid in the last two years.

• The greatest number of injuries occur in November and the least in August. This trend has been the same over both the last three and 10 years.

• There are two clear peaks when the most injuries occur; in the morning between 08:00 and 09:00 and in the afternoon between 15:00 and 16:00.

• Young people aged 11-13 years make up the largest percentage of casualties and 16 year olds the least.

• Males make up the largest percentage of casualties at all ages except 13 years. This is a trend which is shown throughout the 10 years worth of data.

• Overall 24% of the casualties were KSIs, and males account for 58% of these.

• The largest group of drivers/riders involved are 33-40 year olds, accounting for 21% of the total.

•There is a clear link between the deprivation ranking and the number of collisions/casualties within an area.

•In comparison to other core authorities across the North and Midlands Sheffield’s 11-16 year old casualty rate per 100,000 11-16 year olds is slightly above the average.