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This section of the website contains information, statistical data and general guidance and advice for pedestrians and cyclists. It also contains some specific information relating to older pedestrians.

In 2005 a total of 1,208  fatalities and serious injuries occurred in Northern Ireland as a result of road traffic collisions. Pedestrians accounted for 17% of that total and cyclists 2%.

Pedestrians were responsible for the vast majority of the fatal and serious pedestrian injuries.  Thirty nine percent were attributed to a pedestrian not paying attention to traffic when crossing a carriageway, 12% were due to pedestrian consumption of alcohol or drugs, 8% were cases in which the pedestrain's movement was masked by, for example, a parked car and 12% were due to inattention or attention diverted

(Statistics taken from PSNI Road Traffic Collision Statistics Annual Report 2005)