PERILOUS PASSAGE | Pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the suburbs, 2012-2015
TOTAL CRASHES |
CRASHES WITH INJURIES |
CRASHESWITH FATALITIES |
---|---|---|
283 | 271 | 5 |
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 |
74 |
73 |
69 |
67 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.47 | 0.45 |
Average rate | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.53 |
Crashes with injuries | 70 | 72 | 65 | 64 |
Crashes with fatalities | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES Total |
45 |
32 |
41 |
39 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.26 |
Average rate | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 |
Crashes with injuries | 43 | 31 | 38 | 37 |
Crashes with fatalities | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CYCLING CRASHES Total |
29 |
41 |
28 |
28 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.2 | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
Average rate | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.22 |
Crashes with injuries | 27 | 41 | 27 | 27 |
Crashes with fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.