Comment 109076

By lurnding (anonymous) | Posted February 11, 2015 at 22:59:19 in reply to Comment 109070

Woah, a 66% decline? That's huge! Except from your own cited study:

"As a result of the introduction of self-reporting, there has been a significant decrease in total number of collisions reported by Police officers, and the statistics in this report reflect this. This is to be expected, as the onus for reporting minor collisions was shifted from the police officers to the general public. However, a parallel decrease in injury collisions was also noted in our statistics. This change was expected as all injury collisions are still categorized as requiring police reports. There are no obvious background factors which we can identify as causing a year-to-year reduction in injury collisions. We must, therefore, conclude that the change to reporting centres is also responsible for the statistical change in injury collisions. "

"The rate of collisions involving injury or fatality shows a modest but consistent decline from 1990 to about 2004-5 (Exhibit 1.5), with a relatively constant trend from 2004-5 to the present. "

In some places, death rates above zero are not tolerated. Here though I guess a constant rate of death and injury is the cost of convenience!

God forbid we should attempt to lower it, you might be late for work!!!

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