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Show English Eng1ish Traffic WorstPeril Worst WorstPeril Peril to PedestriansLondonPedestrians Pedestrians PedestriansLondon London Lonl10n Lonl10nP London-Pedestrians London Pedestrians -P P - Pedestrians 'destrianq destrianq ' are by far rar tbf the themost themost ' most frequent freqll'nt freqllnt ( ' victims In road rrod I'tel Itel reel I'teldcntc reeldents ' reddents dcntc dents ; In England'ibis ; England Jngll1nd EnglandTills ' Tills 'ibis ibis 1 ' his f rJct fart ct Is revealed In the chieconstable's chieconstables chic chle constabte.s constabtes constable's constables ' . oHicial ofllclal ofticl 1 " I report just IssueJOther 18sueJ IssueJ 18sueJOther IssueJonly disclosures are thatonly thnt thntonly tare tareonly Other surprising e recent ofdisclosures disclosuresthoso killed killedtare are nre nredrivers only only4su of those thoso only 4 . 4su 4sue 4surecent per p pdrivers cent c'nt cnt ( ' [ drivers of vclilclps vChlclps vehiclPS nnd and 'hat hat * ' hat 101 fa 33 &J J & percent per percent percent cent of fatalities the speed cpeed ; of thevehicles the thevehicles thevehicles vehicles Is under Linder 20 miles an un hour hourIhe hour'lhe hour'lie the results resuits of 1"1 11 la 1"1quirics laqul " nquiries ' Ihe 'lhe lhe 'lie lie report rl'port rlport ' coders cO\crs cO crs corers \ qul quirics ? total . , sehic \ Into nicies cblcles es l.WO lWO 1FjOO . , killed killed fatal , , pcsse pcsseedestrians coses pedestrians edestrians edestriansIlan sec ; Of tit tintotal Ilan Ilantotal In it ittotal : 842 , and 403 deaths r1eatbs were due to collisions col collisions col- col collisions - lisions lisionsThere There were 918 accidents on straight straightronds straightroads straightroads ronds roads or open bends with a Ii gool1 good gool1sight goodsight goodsight sight lineWhile lineWhile line lineWhile While the percentage of or pedestrians pedestrians.hllled pedestrians'tilled pedestrians'killed pedestrianskilled .hllled hllled 'tilled tilled ' . was 559 55 0 9 , and nd bicycle riders 20 20per 20per 20per per cent . , the percentage perccntage of drivers waa was waaonly wasonly wasonly only 48Of 4 48 48Of 8 8Of Of the pedestrians killed hilled billed 30 302 2 per percent percent percent cent were under fifteen , and 499 percent per percent percent cent were fifty five and over . The people who cause the accidentsaccording accidents accidentsaccording accidentsaccording according to the chief constable constnble , are : Pedestrians . , 491 4 : ) 1 per cent ; drivers.251 drivers251 drivers . , 25 251 1 per cent cent . , , and pedal cyclists cycIlsts . , 15 159 159per Uper U Uper per cent . , . - - - - |