Britain’s most dangerous road junctions revealed – the places where pedestrians are most at risk
More than 23,000 pedestrians were injured in traffic collisions in 2017, with some road crossings seeing up to eight serious incidents
PEDESTRIANS are among the most vulnerable road users in the UK, with thousands involved in traffic collisions each year.
And the junctions where they are most at risk around the country have now been revealed.
There were more than 23,000 pedestrian casualities in 2017, according to the most recent figures.
Some 17,741 suffered slight injuries in road accidents, while a further 5,588 were seriously injured, and 470 tragically died.
Police data showed the location of all incidents involving pedestrians, and found the hotspots where most collisions occurred,
Unsurprisingly, the busy capital was home to the top two most dangerous junctions.
The corner of Tooting High Street and the A217 outside Totting Broadway underground station, along with the popular Oxford Circus junction, recorded eight incidents each where a pedestrian was injured over the year.
Tragically, one person died in May at the Tooting crossing.
Outside of London, the junction near Nottingham's Victoria Centre saw five injury-causing incidents, as did the junction of Elizabeth Street and Everest Lane in Corby, Northamptonshire.
Two pedestrians were seriously hurt at the crossing of Middlewood Road and Rudyard Road in Sheffield, while another three suffered serious injuries at the junction of the A660 Ottley Road and St Michael's Road in Leeds.
A further four people were hurting trying to cross the road at the meeting of the B384 Bristol Road and Dawlish Road in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
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Rebecca Ashton, IAM RoadSmart Head of Driver Behaviour, said: “Making drivers and pedestrians aware of these dangerous junctions will raise awareness of the risks.
"Distracted pedestrians are an issue and using two of the key skills of advance driving, observation and anticipation can be really useful, partially if you have your eyes on a mobile phone rather than what is going on around.
"The problem of impaired pedestrians seem to be growing so extra care is needed around people who maybe drunk or tired.”