Australia's pedestrian deaths have increased by almost 50 per cent in 4 years
Australia's pedestrian deaths have increased by almost 50 per cent in 4 years
www.abc.net.au
Safety advocates 'horrified' by rise in pedestrian deaths
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Australia's pedestrian deaths have increased by almost 50 per cent in 4 years
Safety advocates 'horrified' by rise in pedestrian deaths
The article speculates that the increase in pedestrian deaths is due to e-bikes and e-scooters. I'm not convinced that this speculation is based on actual data though.
After a bit of digging I found a government resource on road fatalities:
https://catalogue.data.infrastructure.gov.au/dataset/australian-road-deaths-database
This data does not seem to track the vehicle that caused the road fatality, unless that vehicle is a bus, heavy-rigid truck, or articulated truck. So there would be no way to determine from the data available whether the increase in fatalities is due to e-bikes and e-scooters.
And the article didn't even mention the increase in monster truck SUVs/pickups we're seeing on our roads, which we know are more deadly for pedestrians from studies.