Dear All, stumbled across this wee gem, tells you a bit about how dangerous some of the rural roads are, and which ones are not as dangerous.
Quite handy really.
Hope you find this of use.
RJ
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Commuting
Scottish Road Safety Map 2013
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Posted 11 years ago #
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It's handy for driving, but not so useful for cycling. Apart from the obvious (i.e. motorways) I'd never call the A702 low to medium risk for cycling.
Posted 11 years ago # -
I suppose it really does depend on where you want to go when you head out on a cycle, and what your personal perception or threshold of what is a dangerous road is.
I for one would rather plan a route knowing where was the highest potential of danger and where the lowest is, and yes although its a map about motoring stats, by proxy it usefully serves to inform other groups, such as cyclists etc: (in my humble opinion.)
And its of interest to me in particular to see the demographics in a simple format if i am heading out on a route that necessitates using some of these roads, in particular the A702. Regards, RJPosted 11 years ago # -
That's fair, just thought it was worth a disclaimer. A bit like when cycle routes started on Google maps, tried to send me down the A90 from Aberdeen!
Posted 11 years ago # -
I'd be cautious about using this to determine which are safe roads for cycling.
The simplest example I can give is that on the map, all the motorways are green (safest possible roads) as is half of the A68, while the A701 is two risk levels higher.
I've been on some audaxes where I rode the whole length of the A701 and was only passed by half a dozen cars. On the A68 traffic is going 15-25mph faster and you'll be passed by dozens of cars and trucks every minute...
Posted 11 years ago # -
The grey 'unrated' roads now include those which "carry small (below 2,000 vehicles per day) traffic volumes", so the highest risk roads from last year are excluded from rating on this map as they had low flows.
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