PERILOUS PASSAGE | Pedestrian and cyclist crashes in the suburbs, 2012-2015
TOTAL CRASHES |
CRASHES WITH INJURIES |
CRASHESWITH FATALITIES |
---|---|---|
34 | 32 | 0 |
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 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.54 |
Average rate | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.53 |
Crashes with injuries | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Crashes with fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES Total |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
Average rate | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 |
Crashes with injuries | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Crashes with fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CYCLING CRASHES Total |
6 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
Crash rate per 1,000 pop. | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.43 |
Average rate | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.22 |
Crashes with injuries | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Crashes with fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.