District of Saanich: Safer City Survey Results

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These results are taken from the Saanich Safer City Survey conducted in September, 2002.

Number of questionnaires distributed	Approx 39,000
Number of questionnaire responses	3,008
Number of identified concerns	17,587
Number of "most important" concerns identified	2,428

Overall Summary of Concerns - by Category
Category	"Most important" concerns		All identified concerns
Driver Behaviour	1,291	53%	8,236	47%
Infrastructure	710	30%	6,863	39%
Bicycle / pedestrian behaviour	178	7%	2,055	12%
Other	249	10%	433	2%

Intersections identified as having the most concerns
Cedar HillX / Richmond	89
McKenzie / Quadra	80
Blenkinsop / Maplewood / Tattersall	41
Cadboro Bay Rd / Sinclair	38
Braefoot / Cedar HillX / Epsom	37
H17/Sayward	36
Cedar Hill / McKenzie	33
Royal Oak Dr / Wilkinson / WSaanich	32
Hillside / Lansdowne / Shelbourne	31
Cloverdale / Cook / Quadra	31
McKenzie / Shelbourne	29

Overall Summary of locations of concerns
City Wide	11,111
Shelbourne	572
McKenzie	567
Quadra	401
H17	391
Cedar Hill X	299
Wilkinson	238
Lochside	224
Cordova Bay	218
Tattersall	216
Cedar Hill	213
Blenkinsop	204
West Saanich	201

Summary of "Most Important" Concerns
Concern	Sub-Concern	Sub-Frequency	%	Total	%
Speeding				557	23
General driver behaviour				438	18
Aggressive driving	General	195	8	273	11
	Red light running	36	1
	Tailgating	24	1
	Lane Changing/turning	18	1
Other issues				249	10
Bicycle facilities				165	7
Dangerous intersections				151	6
Bicycles behaviour				147	6
Sidewalks				139	6
Pedestrian crossings				104	4
Dangerous roads				78	3
Traffic calming				32	1
Pedestrian behaviour	General	22	1	31	1
Pedestrian behaviour	Pedestrian crossing/jaywalking	9	0	31	1
Maintenance				27	1
Impaired driving				21	1
Transit infra-structure/service				13	1
Seatbelts				2	0

Summary of All Concerns
Concern	Sub-Concern	Sub-Frequency	%	Total	%
Aggressive driving	General	1,683	10	3,296	19
	Red light running	1,224	7
	Lane changing/turning	221	1
	Tailgating	168	1
Speeding				2,306	13
Dangerous intersections				1,849	11
Bicycles behaviour				1,357	8
General driver behaviour				1,221	7
Bicycle facilities				1,200	7
Pedestrian crossings				1,153	7
Sidewalks				1,122	6
Impaired driving				922	5
Dangerous roads				897	5
Pedestrian Behaviour	General	427	2	698	4
Pedestrian Behaviour	Pedestrian crossing/jaywalking	271	2	698	4
Seatbelts				491	3
Other issues				433	2
Transit infra-structure/service				381	2
Maintenance				143	1
Traffic calming				118	1

Most Frequent Locations / Concerns
Location	Concern	Freq	Dangerous intersections	Freq
H17	Speeding	119	McKenzie	198
Shelbourne	Bicycle facilities	114	Cedar Hill X	165
Shelbourne	Speeding	91	Quadra	122
H17	Aggressive driving	80	Shelbourne	86
School zones	Speeding	80	H17	80
McKenzie	Speeding	87	Cedar Hill	77
Residential streets	Speeding	77	West Saanich	69
Cedar HillX / Richmond	Dangerous intersections	68	Wilkinson	67
McKenzie	Bicycle facilities	70
Quadra	Speeding	65
McKenzie	Red lights	50
Shelbourne	Pedestrian crossings	53
Wilkinson	Dangerous road	52

Concerns at Specific Locations
Shelbourne Concerns		H17 Concerns
Bicycle facilities	114	Speeding	119
Speeding	91	Aggressive driving	80
Dangerous intersections	86	Dangerous intersections	80
Pedestrian crossings	53	Dangerous road	29
Dangerous road	48
Bicycles behaviour	43
Red light running	41
Aggressive driving	36