Blackspots...

[slightlymiffed]

Hi

Is there a free, open.. er, "accident blackspot" database on the web for the UK ?

Cheers

[kurgis]

Not that I know of. The "closest" and I say this lightly - would be where the location of all "safety" cameras are....


Now the laughter is over The only thing that comes close to what you want is the EURORap programme that identifies the most dangerous (i.e. where most people have been killed/injured) in the country.

Last survey was just for bikes - and anywhere coming into and out of Buxton hit the top ten - hardly surprising as those roads are very challenging and its a good place for bikers to find out they weren't as good at riding a bike as they thought...

[bryan35]

pocketgps.co.uk I think it is.

Has an excel ducument with the grid references in.

or you can try Poihandler (Point of Interest handler)
I suscribe to this for about £8 a year, limitless updates, and the POI warner software is about £12 to run on your Ipaq, or whatever PDA you have.

I realy can't see how devices such as the geodysey are going to survive when there's this PDO software about.
And I've got Sat Nav in with it.

posh stuff!

[slightlymiffed]

bryan35 said:

pocketgps.co.uk I think it is.

Thanks, this is most handy!

For anyone else interested, the direct link is...
http://pocketgps.co.uk/uksafetycameras.php

[cuneus]

I use this as well, just be aware that it is reliant on user input and not complete

[kurgis]

Precisely why I didn't mention it - theres no way that is accurate - and never will be if it relies on user input.