Are 29000 KSIs a year reasonable or unreasonable?
October 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Are 29000 KSIs a year reasonable or unreasonable?
I know Labour cllrs are desperate for attention in LibDem controlled Sutton, but this motion about e-bikes is just "hang-the-bastards" moral panic.
There's KSIs and destruction daily from motorised vehicles, and Labour's cllrs are mute.
Linkies in next post
There's KSIs and destruction daily from motorised vehicles, and Labour's cllrs are mute.
Linkies in next post
October 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I know Labour cllrs are desperate for attention in LibDem controlled Sutton, but this motion about e-bikes is just "hang-the-bastards" moral panic.
There's KSIs and destruction daily from motorised vehicles, and Labour's cllrs are mute.
Linkies in next post
There's KSIs and destruction daily from motorised vehicles, and Labour's cllrs are mute.
Linkies in next post
Just to make my point as Bluesky-clear as I can: the 20mph speed changes are good news and the reduction in KSIs is amazing.
But bad charts are misleading, and should not be employed under any circumstances because they undermine the argument.
But bad charts are misleading, and should not be employed under any circumstances because they undermine the argument.
October 6, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Just to make my point as Bluesky-clear as I can: the 20mph speed changes are good news and the reduction in KSIs is amazing.
But bad charts are misleading, and should not be employed under any circumstances because they undermine the argument.
But bad charts are misleading, and should not be employed under any circumstances because they undermine the argument.
I honestly don't know the answer, nothing by way of KSIs on MAVRIC.
Possibly a high volume of minor shunts or issues pre 2021.
MoD road, they do things a little differently to your average highway authority.
Possibly a high volume of minor shunts or issues pre 2021.
MoD road, they do things a little differently to your average highway authority.
October 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I honestly don't know the answer, nothing by way of KSIs on MAVRIC.
Possibly a high volume of minor shunts or issues pre 2021.
MoD road, they do things a little differently to your average highway authority.
Possibly a high volume of minor shunts or issues pre 2021.
MoD road, they do things a little differently to your average highway authority.
#roads #London #Southgate
💔Another day, more #KSIs - this time two fatalities💔
A 32yo woman was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving/driving w/a specified controlled drug >the prescribed limit.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/second-...
💔Another day, more #KSIs - this time two fatalities💔
A 32yo woman was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving/driving w/a specified controlled drug >the prescribed limit.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/second-...
Second man dies after collision in Southgate
A second man has sadly died following a collision in Southgate.
news.met.police.uk
October 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#roads #London #Southgate
💔Another day, more #KSIs - this time two fatalities💔
A 32yo woman was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving/driving w/a specified controlled drug >the prescribed limit.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/second-...
💔Another day, more #KSIs - this time two fatalities💔
A 32yo woman was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving/driving w/a specified controlled drug >the prescribed limit.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/second-...
i want to ksis a girls tummy
September 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
i want to ksis a girls tummy
Children killed or seriously hurt on the roads, change since the baseline. Ranking 22 councils, 2025 v the 2022–24 average.
Biggest fall: Blackpool (−59.3%)
Biggest rise: Wakefield (+27.9%)
Top and bottom ten: streetowl.co.uk/bestworst.html
#UKData
Biggest fall: Blackpool (−59.3%)
Biggest rise: Wakefield (+27.9%)
Top and bottom ten: streetowl.co.uk/bestworst.html
#UKData
September 29, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Children killed or seriously hurt on the roads, change since the baseline. Ranking 22 councils, 2025 v the 2022–24 average.
Biggest fall: Blackpool (−59.3%)
Biggest rise: Wakefield (+27.9%)
Top and bottom ten: streetowl.co.uk/bestworst.html
#UKData
Biggest fall: Blackpool (−59.3%)
Biggest rise: Wakefield (+27.9%)
Top and bottom ten: streetowl.co.uk/bestworst.html
#UKData
The UK Road Safety Strategy adopts a Safe System approach with a target of a 65% reduction in KSIs by 2035. With lower urban/village 20mph implicit within a Safe System culture they will become the norm in the UK. #20splenty is making our places fit for the 21st century.
September 24, 2026 at 12:10 PM
The UK Road Safety Strategy adopts a Safe System approach with a target of a 65% reduction in KSIs by 2035. With lower urban/village 20mph implicit within a Safe System culture they will become the norm in the UK. #20splenty is making our places fit for the 21st century.
Reminder that steaming is a perfectly legitimate of making a burger. Just remember to get a little pyrex bowl and put it in the steamer next to the meat to melt cheese in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksis...
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I Cooked 100 Years of Burgers
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September 25, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Reminder that steaming is a perfectly legitimate of making a burger. Just remember to get a little pyrex bowl and put it in the steamer next to the meat to melt cheese in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksis...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksis...
YESSSSS I NEED MORE I NEED THEM TO KSIS
September 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
YESSSSS I NEED MORE I NEED THEM TO KSIS
Over the same time horizon, these bike-inflicted fatalities and serious injuries comprised about 0.05% of all pedestrian KSIs, so obviously we're laser-focused on the pressing danger here.
September 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Over the same time horizon, these bike-inflicted fatalities and serious injuries comprised about 0.05% of all pedestrian KSIs, so obviously we're laser-focused on the pressing danger here.
If we saw half the outrage towards fatalities and serious injuries caused by car drivers as we do when bike or ebike riders are involved then we may see a change in attitude and a reduction in KSIs.
But we don't, society shrugs it's shoulders & moves on because the convenience of driving trumps all.
But we don't, society shrugs it's shoulders & moves on because the convenience of driving trumps all.
September 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If we saw half the outrage towards fatalities and serious injuries caused by car drivers as we do when bike or ebike riders are involved then we may see a change in attitude and a reduction in KSIs.
But we don't, society shrugs it's shoulders & moves on because the convenience of driving trumps all.
But we don't, society shrugs it's shoulders & moves on because the convenience of driving trumps all.
5) If you are complaining about being ‘nearly’ hit by a bike or seeing cyclists run reds, but you’ve never mentioned the 29,000 motor KSIs or endemic speeding & phone driving; you’re not serious about road danger, you're just unfairly othering cyclists as a uniquely law-breaking collective
September 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
5) If you are complaining about being ‘nearly’ hit by a bike or seeing cyclists run reds, but you’ve never mentioned the 29,000 motor KSIs or endemic speeding & phone driving; you’re not serious about road danger, you're just unfairly othering cyclists as a uniquely law-breaking collective
I don’t see the outrage, the horror the posts, the call for change about driver and car carnage. Just silence about the 29000 KSIs every year. Every year.
Here’s a taste from the last couple of days…
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Here’s a taste from the last couple of days…
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Something nearly didn’t happen. Can you point us at the posts you made about the transport mode that KSIs over 29000 people a year in the UK. Every year.
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman dies after car hits pedestrians at Corby bus stop
A man is being questioned by police over the crash, which has also left a teenage boy injured.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
I don’t see the outrage, the horror the posts, the call for change about driver and car carnage. Just silence about the 29000 KSIs every year. Every year.
Here’s a taste from the last couple of days…
bsky.app/profile/sbar...
Here’s a taste from the last couple of days…
bsky.app/profile/sbar...
Reported road casualties in Great Britain, provisional estimates: 2025
www.gov.uk
September 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m glad you’ve done the research on the causes of KSIs for pedestrians. Over the past ten years? What is it, about 15,000 pedestrians injured every year. 3/4 of them by car drivers. So let’s say 100,000 people in that time. Number of peds killed by cyclists? 10 maybe. You see the problem?
September 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I’m glad you’ve done the research on the causes of KSIs for pedestrians. Over the past ten years? What is it, about 15,000 pedestrians injured every year. 3/4 of them by car drivers. So let’s say 100,000 people in that time. Number of peds killed by cyclists? 10 maybe. You see the problem?
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but the data tells us they are not an actual risk. And that strong risks are because of drivers and cars. But I don’t see the volume, noise and worry about the 29000 car KSIs every year. EVERY year.
Car brain.
but the data tells us they are not an actual risk. And that strong risks are because of drivers and cars. But I don’t see the volume, noise and worry about the 29000 car KSIs every year. EVERY year.
Car brain.
September 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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but the data tells us they are not an actual risk. And that strong risks are because of drivers and cars. But I don’t see the volume, noise and worry about the 29000 car KSIs every year. EVERY year.
Car brain.
but the data tells us they are not an actual risk. And that strong risks are because of drivers and cars. But I don’t see the volume, noise and worry about the 29000 car KSIs every year. EVERY year.
Car brain.
Something nearly didn’t happen. Can you point us at the posts you made about the transport mode that KSIs over 29000 people a year in the UK. Every year.
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman dies after car hits pedestrians at Corby bus stop
A man is being questioned by police over the crash, which has also left a teenage boy injured.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Something nearly didn’t happen. Can you point us at the posts you made about the transport mode that KSIs over 29000 people a year in the UK. Every year.
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think we’re discussing two different metrics here. You’re right that we have safer roads than other OECD countries and KSIs have fallen over the past few years, but there are still too many of them.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/pr...
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tfl.gov.uk
September 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think we’re discussing two different metrics here. You’re right that we have safer roads than other OECD countries and KSIs have fallen over the past few years, but there are still too many of them.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/pr...
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/pr...
Well you're innumerate then. Look at the respective KSIs for motorists and cyclists.
September 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Well you're innumerate then. Look at the respective KSIs for motorists and cyclists.
No, it’s about 250 times higher. It sounds like you’re citing total KSIs by vehicle type involved, which embraces both victims and perpetrators. If you look at pedestrian deaths by “other vehicle involved” you see 500+ pa for cars in the UK, 1 or 2 for bikes.
September 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
No, it’s about 250 times higher. It sounds like you’re citing total KSIs by vehicle type involved, which embraces both victims and perpetrators. If you look at pedestrian deaths by “other vehicle involved” you see 500+ pa for cars in the UK, 1 or 2 for bikes.
But falling off isn't anywhere near the biggest cause of cyclists' KSIs. It's being hit by motorists and in those cases, head injuries are less frequent than, say, crushed organs. Stop giving drivers a get-out clause.
September 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
But falling off isn't anywhere near the biggest cause of cyclists' KSIs. It's being hit by motorists and in those cases, head injuries are less frequent than, say, crushed organs. Stop giving drivers a get-out clause.
It's good to see Newcastle in this list. It's even better to see Gateshead and Sunderland in there as they're both Reform controlled.
Default 20mph limits are proven to reduce KSIs.
Default 20mph limits are proven to reduce KSIs.
The 224 cities (including 10 from UK) in the Eurocities network of major European cities have teamed up with ETSC to call for national governments to adopt 30km/h (20mph) as a national norm for urban/village streets. See
Cities need EU and national support to deliver lower urban speeds - Eurocities
European cities are proving that lower urban speeds save lives and create safer, healthier and more liveable streets. But cities need EU and national support to deliver Vision Zero.
eurocities.eu
September 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
It's good to see Newcastle in this list. It's even better to see Gateshead and Sunderland in there as they're both Reform controlled.
Default 20mph limits are proven to reduce KSIs.
Default 20mph limits are proven to reduce KSIs.
