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


Westmont

TOTAL
CRASHES
CRASHES
WITH INJURIES
CRASHES
WITH FATALITIES
35 33 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

10

14

8

3
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.4 0.56 0.32 0.12
Average rate 0.53 0.55 0.52 0.53
Crashes with injuries 9 14 8 2
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 0 0
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Total

6

8

4

N/A
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.24 0.32 0.16 0
Average rate 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.31
Crashes with injuries 5 8 4 N/A
Crashes with fatalities 0 0 0 N/A
CYCLING CRASHES
Total

4

6

4

3
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. 0.16 0.24 0.16 0.12
Average rate 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.22
Crashes with injuries 4 6 4 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.