Which are the most dangerous roads in Brighton and Hove?

Britain has one of the best records in the world for road casualties, but as we all know, hundreds of us still die on the roads every year. In 2010, the police recorded 1,850 deaths, 22,660 people seriously injured and 184,138 who received light injuries.

A new BBC map will show users just where fatal road incidents have happened between 1999 and 2010, using official data recorded by police across the country. In all, 36,371 fatalities are marked on the interactive map.

As well as highlighting the places where more fatilities occur (York Place and North Street in Brighton figure large on the local map) and some statistics stand out starkly from the rest. 

* Motorbikes account for just 1% of road traffic, but over a fifth of all fatalities, a casualty rate that is 61 times greater than that for cars.

* The time when most pedestrians are killed is during rush hour. Figures peak during afternoon rush hour and school closing time and on Friday and Saturday evenings.

* Cyclists have a higher casualty rate than pedestrians. 1,575 cyclists died on the roads between 1999 and 2010. The greatest number of cyclists are killed or injured during the morning and evening rush hours on a week day.

* Motorway trouble tends to cluster around junctions where vehicles join or leave the motorway. This may explain the high rate of crashes on shorter stretches of motorway with many junctions. The A167(M), a short urban stretch of motorway in Newcastle had the highest number of crashes in the data.

Check out the results of the survey here.