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Transport trends change throughout the year and STATS19 data provides valuable insight for identifying pertinent approaches to improve road safety.
STATS19 data for Sussex was queried to select casualties of school age, unable to drive motor vehicles, 05-15 year olds, between the dates of school summer holidays in the past 3 years, 2015-17.
The collisions were plotted on a map of Sussex by casualty class to identify the types of collisions that were occurring. A layer of the local district boundaries was then used to create a thematic map based on the count of casualties plotted in each district - this helps investigate any potential local issues which can then be addressed. This layer was made somewhat transparent so there roads beneath were visible.
Closer views of Eastbourne and Hastings districts were included as these were districts with higher casualty totals and higher plot densities. It can be seen that Eastbourne contained cyclist casualties whereas Hastings contained none. It is worth pointing out that vehicle passenger plots can include more than one casualty per plot, for example, if there were two child passengers injured in a single vehicle.
These maps were created in MapInfo 11.5 – we are awaiting an upgrade to 64 bit systems.