Road traffic collisions involving cyclists (FOI)Road traffic collisions involving cyclists (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
25 January 2017.Request
For the period beginning January 2006 until the end of December 2016, please provide information for the following:
A
How many cyclists make complaints to the relevant department about road safety every month?
B
How many road safety incidents take place each month involving a cyclist?
C
How many crashes occur each month involving a cyclist and a motor vehicle?
If the data doesn’t stretch back to 2006, please use the earliest that you have. When possible, please break up data month by month.
Response
A and B
The States of Jersey police hold no information on requests 1 or 2.
However, the table below shows the total number of accidents reported where a cycle was involved.
| January | | 2 | | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| February | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| March | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| April | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | 4 | 25 |
| June | 2 | 1 | 8 | | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| July | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 58 |
| August | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| September | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| October | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| November | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| December | 1 | | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
C
The States of Jersey Police only hold figures from 2008.
The table below details accidents between cyclist and motor vehicles.
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
2008 | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
2009 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
2010 | | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | 29 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
2012 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | 23 |
2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
2014 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | | 27 |
2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
2016 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2 | 4 | | 31 |
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