Comments on: 23% of Bike Involved Collisions are Hit & Run http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cybele http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/comment-page-1/#comment-14220 cybele Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:19:56 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=39487#comment-14220 I may have found one factoid - 20% of pedestrian fatalities are hit & run. (That's national though - I don't know if it'd be different for Los Angeles) http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/pedestrians.html The rates are largely unchanged over the past 10 years. Some explanations in this older SF article http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/27/MN292165.DTL I may have found one factoid – 20% of pedestrian fatalities are hit & run. (That’s national though – I don’t know if it’d be different for Los Angeles)

http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/pedestrians.html

The rates are largely unchanged over the past 10 years.

Some explanations in this older SF article
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/27/MN292165.DTL

]]> By: Alex Thompson http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/comment-page-1/#comment-14219 Alex Thompson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:00:49 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=39487#comment-14219 I can tell you this - more than a 1/3 of traffic fatalities in LA are pedestrians . . . nutz. I can tell you this – more than a 1/3 of traffic fatalities in LA are pedestrians . . . nutz.

]]> By: cybele http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/comment-page-1/#comment-14218 cybele Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:17:19 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=39487#comment-14218 Like frazgo I'm curious about other comparable stats. Especially pedestrian versus auto. Like frazgo I’m curious about other comparable stats. Especially pedestrian versus auto.

]]> By: Alex Thompson http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/comment-page-1/#comment-14217 Alex Thompson Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:17:20 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=39487#comment-14217 Frazgo - that was the first question out of our mouths, once everyone picked up their jaws. LAPD didn't have the stats on hand but promised to look into it. Frazgo – that was the first question out of our mouths, once everyone picked up their jaws. LAPD didn’t have the stats on hand but promised to look into it.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2010/02/05/23-of-bike-involved-collisions-are-hit-run/comment-page-1/#comment-14216 frazgo Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:33:45 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=39487#comment-14216 I wonder how this compares to the hit and run stats for auto vs auto and auto vs motorcycle. Pathetic result non the less. I wonder how this compares to the hit and run stats for auto vs auto and auto vs motorcycle. Pathetic result non the less.

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