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Changing priorities – transport, freedom and the value of life
Danny Dorling
Social and Spatial Inequalities Group, Department of Geography
University of Sheffield
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, Conference,
London, 13th March 2008
A league table to be bottom of
In 2001 The United Kingdom was third from the top of the WHO league table of countries with the lowest crude mortality rate by road traffic accident. Sadly this may be as much a result of our fears as of our achievements
Introduction
Now is the time to consider what further work we need to do beyond 2010 and what policy approaches we need to adopt as we near the end of the current round of casualty reduction. We also must place road casualty reduction and policy priorities in a wider context of changes in society.
Parliamentary Co-ChairsParliamentary Advisory Council for Transport
Safety…first we should acknowledge social segregation:
The key Trends (health targets):Difference between best and worst-off districts by life expectancy (years)
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Excess over average "routine and manual" infant mortality (%)
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Britain is a country polarising by wealth and poverty – by health – and much in between. The polarisation is more evident and most clearly continuing to rise when geographical areas are compared. Cars are essential to this.
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Summary of argument
• We appear to want to travel more – despite needing less to travel to work.
• When we travel by car we are at our most dangerous. Other dangers, especially to children (such as infectious disease) have receded far faster than road safety has improved.
• The car is crucial to social segregation and fear of cars means the affluent especially “cotton-ball” their children, segregating them further.
• As with much else in Britain, this may take a change in our collective psyche to solve.
Key Trends: wealth in the London conurbation, 1980 to 2000.
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Dartford North
Barnet East
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Thurrock West
Hornsey
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Palmers Green
Brentwood
London Central
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Brentford
Woking East
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Barnet East
Dartford North
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Hornsey
Thurrock West
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Palmers Green
London Central
Brentwood
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Dartford North
Barnet East
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Thurrock West
Hornsey
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Palmers Green
Brentwood
London Central
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
1980 1990
Asset Wealthy %
0 - 10
11 - 20
21 - 30
31 - 40
41 - 50
>50
2000Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Orpington West
Mill Hill
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Barnet East
Dartford North
Enfield Highway
St. Albans East
Barking South
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
St. Albans West
Dagenham East
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Hornsey
Thurrock West
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Palmers Green
London Central
Brentwood
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Leatherhead
Streatham North
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
1996
Key Trends: poverty in the London conurbation 1970 to 2000
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Orpington West
Mill Hill
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Dartford North
Barnet East
Enfield Highway
St. Albans East
Barking South
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
St. Albans West
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Thurrock West
Hornsey
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Brentwood
Palmers Green
London Central
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Leatherhead
Streatham North
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Dartford North
Barnet East
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Thurrock West
Hornsey
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Brentwood
Palmers Green
London Central
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Brentford
Woking East
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Barnet East
Dartford North
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Hornsey
Thurrock West
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Palmers Green
London Central
Brentwood
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
Epping
Walton
Bushey
Chipping Ongar
Esher
Sevenoaks North
Chigwell
Borehamwood
Ewell
Sunbury
South Hertfordshire
Erith
Rainham
Harlington
Staines
Mill Hill
Orpington West
Hatfield
Bromley
Epsom
Sidcup
West Ruislip
Hainault
Weybridge
Waddon
Feltham
Acton
Surbiton
Isleworth
Pinner
Addlestone
Beaconsfield East
Orpington East
Chislehurst
Oxted
Dartford South
Cockfosters
Wallington
Barnet West
Richmond North
Hayes
Enfield Town
Poplar
Coulsdon
Greenford
Finchley
Heston
Morden
Watford Central
Dulwich
Cheam
Bow
Sutton
East Ruislip
Cheshunt South
Harrow Weald
Kingston
Romford West
Uxbridge North
Colindale
Hacton
Crayford
Woolwich
Bexleyheath
Greenhill
Upminster North
Wanstead
Norwood
Selhurst
Woking East
Brentford
Chingford
Highgate
Sevenoaks South
Twickenham South
Catford
Eltham East
Beckenham East
Hyde Park
Abbey Wood
Greenwich
Dartford North
Barnet East
Enfield Highway
Barking South
St. Albans East
Fortis Green
Loxford
Croydon Addington
Watford Outer
Southall West
Dagenham East
St. Albans West
Canning Town
Seven Kings
Barkingside
Fulham
Thurrock West
Hornsey
Golders Green
Wimbledon North
East Wickham
Leyton
East Ham South
Rayners Lane
Romford East
Wembley
Uxbridge South
Mitcham
Holborn
Forest Gate
Carshalton
Eltham West
Reigate North
Cricklewood
Putney WestTwickenham North
Grove Park
Harlesden
Walthamstow West
Chelsea
Stepney
Brentwood
Palmers Green
London Central
Ealing Broadway
Woodford Green
Blackheath
Kilburn
BermondseySouthall East
Peckham
Sudbury (London)
Richmond South
Lower Edmonton
Sydenham
Regent's Park
Wimbledon South
Battersea East
Croydon Addiscombe
Tottenham North
Tooting East
Tollington
West Hertfordshire
Hackney South
Brondesbury
West Norwood
Dagenham West
Upper Edmonton
Barking North
Kensington
Beckenham West
Holloway
Putney East
Tooting West
Vauxhall North
Plaistow
Hammersmith
Shoreditch
Shepherds Bush
Queensbury (London)
Deptford North
Streatham South
St. Pancras
Deptford South
Canonbury
Highbury
Tottenham South
East Ham North
Vauxhall South
Streatham North
Leatherhead
Hemel Hempstead West
Southwark North
Stoke Newington
Walthamstow East
Battersea West
Hackney North
Kensal Town
Cheshunt North
Chesham
Camberwell Green
Caterham
Windsor and Eton
Harlow West
Amersham
Slough East
Upminster South
1970 1980
1990 2000
Breadline Poor %
< 10.1
10.1 - 20.0
20.1 - 30.0
30.1 - 40.0
40.1 - 50.0
50.1 - 70.0
A local picture of RTA• Normal maps hide poverty and traffic
accidents, there are alternatives.
• Here follow a few images, first of poverty rates in Sheffield.
• These are followed by numbers of road traffic accidents, mainly minor, occurring to children.
• Inequality rates rise from four fold to ten fold as you zoom in.
IMD 2007 8.0020.5420.9932.0133.9164.43
Sheffield - Poverty
IMD 2007 8.0020.5420.9932.0133.9164.43
Without Hiding Poverty
Children RTAs 38 94104125136160
Without hiding accidents
In a little more detailChildren RTAs
0 - 45 - 910 - 1415 - 1920 - 24
Children RTAs0 - 45 - 910 - 1415 - 1920 - 24
And hidden again
A national picture of RTA deaths
• First consider just Yorkshire, deaths over a 24 year period.
• Within Sheffield pedestrian RTA death rates by large areas (tracts) vary 5 fold.
• Across Yorkshire they vary 10 fold.• The national picture is of an urban rural
and north south divide.• There are enough pedestrian RTA deaths
in Britain to define its social geography.
Deaths in Yorkshire 1981-2004
Pedestrian & motor vehicle accidents200 – 399150 – 199140 – 149130 – 139120 – 129110 – 119100 – 109 91 – 99 83 – 90 77 – 82 71 – 76 67 – 70 50 – 66 25 – 49Below 25
Pedestrian & motor vehicle accidents200 – 399150 – 199140 – 149130 – 139120 – 129110 – 119100 – 109 91 – 99 83 – 90 77 – 82 71 – 76 67 – 70 50 – 66 25 – 49Below 25
Pedestrians killed in accidents
involving motor vehicles1981-2004
29,000 deathsMostly in
Cities(up to 10 timesmore frequent)
It is well worth comparingthese maps of who dies withsome more of who drives…
Pedestrian & motor vehicle accidents200 – 399150 – 199140 – 149130 – 139120 – 129110 – 119100 – 109 91 – 99 83 – 90 77 – 82 71 – 76 67 – 70 50 – 66 25 – 49Below 25
When it comes to car dependencyThe UK is the LA of the EU
• The car dominates commuting everywhere but in the Capital.
• It is becoming normal for children to grow up in families with 2, 3, 4 or more cars.
• There are even areas in Britain where most men aged 60-74 live in such households (despite most living alone or in a couple without children!).
• Tellingly women are less car preoccupied.
Travel to work25-39Bus/CarBus/Light railCar/BusCar/CycleCar/FootCar/Home workerCar/Light railCar/TrainFoot/BusFoot/CarFoot/Light railLight rail/BusLight rail/CarLight rail/FootLight rail/TrainTrain/CarTrain/Light rail
Males 60–74 in h/h withNo car/1 car1 car/No car1 car/2+ cars2+ cars/1 car
Conclusion: Its time to change the psyche
• The majority of road safety professionals … admired the aspirational nature of the Swedish Vision Zero and the commitment of the Swedish Government to achieving it. However, many believed that, at a philosophical level, road use contains inherent risk, that an aspiration to remove all risk of death and serious injury was not helpful and that it would not fit the ‘British psyche’. In contrast, a combination of Sustainable Safety and the “pragmatic approach” … with the ultimate goal of reducing risk on the roads to not more than twice that experienced elsewhere in everyday life.(Beyond 2010 - a holistic approach to road safety in Great Britain, 2007).
Children aged 1 to 4 whodied in past twelve months
(3 million and slightly falling)
People of all ages who died ina road traffic accident in past year
(1 million and rapidly rising)