SilverBadge wrote: IIRC you are wrong - more than half are on the carriageway, not sure what the blame apportionment is. Whilst it is a "constipated, Holmes?" to point out that that it's far easer to kill a pedestrian with a car, even on the pavement, perception is otherwise.
Oh the benefits of fact free argumentation! Reasoning that ped fatalities are rare enough to make the news I did a google search. In the first page or so there were three fatalities reported in 2007.
Nick Bancroft - Road
Rhiannon Bennett - disputed in court, probably road
Gary Green - Pavement
Not scientific, but casts severe doubt on my hypothesis. You win
As a side-note Ms Bennetts father complained bitterly about the inadequacy of the £2500(!) fine. While not necessarily disagreeing with him, this is about 10x the typical fine when a motorist kills someone (whether on bike or foot).
I still wonder about underrecording of delayed deaths as a consequence of 'minor' injuries.
Mike