484,367 deaths

[dellzeqq]

though for a more accurate analysis, need to look at net migration, emigration will affect the numbers somewhat....

true, but I was attempting to wind him up, and you've gone and spoilt it..........

 

[ColinJ]

true, but I was attempting to wind him up, and you've gone and spoilt it..........

Damn - I fell for it!

 

[slowmotion]

Having a fear of heights, I found that the "falling through a building/structure" category made me distinctly queasy.

 

[dellzeqq]

the number of deaths due to falling down stairs or steps is higher than most people would think it to be - but, actually, the figure doesn't take in to account those who die from infections picked up after the fall.

Let's hear it for the good old English habit of putting lighting in the middle of the ceiling.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2139446, member: 259"]That is a really good image - is it from 'Information is Beautiful'?[/quote]

Isn't that a great book?

I purchased it last year an never tire of reading it.

 

[slowmotion]

Isn't that a great book?

I purchased it last year an never tire of reading it.

This one's good too...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/0961392142

 

[vernon]

This one's good too...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/0961392142

Got it

It's a good bedfellow to this one:

All three books rival my OS maps for a relaxing perusal before going to bed.

 

[slowmotion]

Thanks for that. I'll put it on my Christmas list.

I love the chart of the Napoleonic Army in Russia.

 

[subaqua]

the number of deaths due to falling down stairs or steps is higher than most people would think it to be - but, actually, the figure doesn't take in to account those who die from infections picked up after the fall.

Let's hear it for the good old English habit of putting lighting in the middle of the ceiling.

thats generally where architects want them. last few schemes we have suggested with wall lighting or even better floor uplighting at the perimeter behind a box to eliminate glare have been struck off by the architect, with the bellowing at meeting of " I want the lighting on the ceiling " the poor lighting specialist a wisp of a young lady was almost in tears.

 

[subaqua]

Those figures show 107 deaths. Fewer than for pedestrians in the OP's chart. Though the raw figures don't tell you what the percentages are (and I imagine cyclist deaths are a higher percentage of total numbers than pedestrian deaths). The last three paragraphs of the RoSPA report are interesting.

and thats an acceptable figure ? imagine the outcry if 107 nurses were killed or 107 police officers etc. in light of The Times campaign for safer cycling , its a shame the grauniad failed to pop this little figure in.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

thats generally where architects want them. last few schemes we have suggested with wall lighting or even better floor uplighting at the perimeter behind a box to eliminate glare have been struck off by the architect, with the bellowing at meeting of " I want the lighting on the ceiling " the poor lighting specialist a wisp of a young lady was almost in tears.

I was in France a couple of weeks ago and popped to the khazi in a trendy caff, the toilets were downstairs and in a cave (really!) - anyway the staircase was a slate floor and walls and the lighting was under the handrail, the effect was really cool and the stairs well lit.

 

[dellzeqq]

thats generally where architects want them. last few schemes we have suggested with wall lighting or even better floor uplighting at the perimeter behind a box to eliminate glare have been struck off by the architect, with the bellowing at meeting of " I want the lighting on the ceiling " the poor lighting specialist a wisp of a young lady was almost in tears.

a sad tale, Subaqua, a sad tale, but, I hope, atypical.

Although..........I did hear of a job where the Architect specified a crystal chandelier weighting 250kg in the centre of a Locker and Riley ceiling rose. The client was the wife of a man who owns a football team - one for which you have absolutely no time whatsoever.

Picture the scene, Mr. Subaqua. The floor above is not equal to the task. The floorjoists deflect, the plate to which the chandelier is fixed comes away from the joists, the chandelier descends in accordance with the procedure laid out by that nice Mr. Newton. Cue big noise made out of many small tinkly noises. Cue correspondence.

 

[ASC1951]

Interesting to see how high the suicide figure is - about the same as for falls. According to the ONS, men are three times as likely to kill themselves as women. The ONS figure is 25% higher than this chart's figure, for some reason.

 

[subaqua]

a sad tale, Subaqua, a sad tale, but, I hope, atypical.

Although..........I did hear of a job where the Architect specified a crystal chandelier weighting 250kg in the centre of a Locker and Riley ceiling rose. The client was the wife of a man who owns a football team - one for which you have absolutely no time whatsoever.

Picture the scene, Mr. Subaqua. The floor above is not equal to the task. The floorjoists deflect, the plate to which the chandelier is fixed comes away from the joists, the chandelier descends in accordance with the procedure laid out by that nice Mr. Newton. Cue big noise made out of many small tinkly noises. Cue correspondence.

not exactly" one more turn Del boy" but I can imagine the barrage of correspondence.

thankfully the job we are on has a decent lead architect who understands such things and will listen to alternatives.