PERILOUS PASSAGE | Pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the suburbs, 2012-2015


Western Springs

TOTAL
CRASHES		 CRASHES
WITH INJURIES		 CRASHES
WITH FATALITIES
18 17 0

Total crash rate per 1,000 population


Total crashes is the sum of cyclist and pedestrian crashes for each year. Rate per 1,000 for each municipality calculated using American Community Survey 5-year population estimates. Average rate is average of all municipalities examined.


2012 2013 2014 2015
ALL CRASHES
Total
7
3
3
5
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.54 0.23 0.23 0.38
Average rate 0.53 0.55 0.52 0.53
Crashes with injuries 7 2 3 5
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 0 0
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Total
1
1
N/A
3
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.08 0.08 0 0.23
Average rate 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.31
Crashes with injuries 1 1 N/A 3
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 N/A 0
CYCLING CRASHES
Total
6
2
3
2
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.47 0.15 0.23 0.15
Average rate 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.22
Crashes with injuries 6 1 3 2
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 0 0

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Daily Herald web app by Tim Broderick tbroderick@dailyherald.com. Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering.
Data of motor vehicle crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists for the years 2012-2015. Not every town in the six-county area around Chicago was included, and not every town included had stats for each year.
All files and data are available at our github site. A look of how we examined the data can be found here. App based on First News App by Ben Welsh.