Tag: collision
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Sac Vision Zero top intersections all modes
And now for the third analysis of high injury network intersections and the relationship to the Sacramento Vision Zero Top 5 Corridors. The dataset this time is all killed or severe injury collisions in Sacramento, for all modes of travel, for the period 2009-2017. Of the 1641 collisions in the city, 322 (20%) were at…
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bicyclist collisions in Sacramento
This post complements my recent post on pedestrian collisions in Sacramento. Please see that post for details about data sources (SWITRS GIS Map in TIMS) and mapping. The collisions mapped are: Date: 01-01-2004 to 12-31-2012 Location: City of Sacramento only (no, I can’t explain why some are outside the city) Victim role: Bicyclist Victim degree of…
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Crash, crash, crash
I don’t know whether the term accident has a new-found popularity, or whether I’m just more sensitive to it the last week, but it seems like everywhere I look in the news media, there it is, the term accident. I’m talking here about use for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. The term accident implies that…
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Who knew?
I stumbled across a twitter feed about a week ago, and it is filling up my twitter timeline, by far the busiest thing I follow. It is Sac Traffic, which is a CHP feed of traffic alerts in the Sacramento region, at @sactraffic. As a bicycle rider and walker I’m hyper aware of the risk…
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Slaughter on the roadways
In the last there days, Monday through Wednesday, at least four people died when struck by car drivers, and two others were injured. I know that the Sacramento Bee does not report all pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and injuries, so there may have been more in the region, but this is an incredible level of…
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