The Suzy Lamplugh Trust and Neighbourhood Watch are two not-for-profit organisations concerned with crime and safety. In 2013 they issued a report 1 summarising an online survey of road lighting and perceived safety carried out in response to anecdotal reports in some areas of street lights being turned off or dimmed. One reason why this survey is of interest is because responses were obtained from 15,786 people, a large sample for safety surveys. A broad range of people responded to the survey. Geographically, it included respondents from the Thames Valley area (24%), North Yorkshire (12%), Cambridgeshire (9%), Nottinghamshire (7%) and Dorset (6%). Respondents were almost equally divided between male and female. The age distribution included 22% aged 35-50 years, 53% aged 51-70 and 19% aged over 70 years. This article presents an independent further analysis of some questions to add to discussions of road lighting for pedestrians and perceived safety.
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