This morning the story of the number of men and women delivering post around the UK which end up getting attacked by dogs was highlighted in the National media.
In days gone past the Postman being bitten by a dog has been material for ‘entertainers’ to joke about. While some of the attacks aren’t too serious, many of them are.
Listening to the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning, it was shocking to hear from one postman who was set upon by two Staffordshire-cross dogs for about 15 minutes. He’s been left disabled for life.
Island figures
It got us wondering about the number of dog-on-Postie attacks on the Island, so we got in touch with Royal Mail.
Across the whole Island, there were 28 attacks between April 2011 – April 2012. These break down to
- PO30 – 12
- PO33 – 8
- PO36 – 6
- PO38 – 2
Where’s that?
If you’re wondering where those are, the fabulous Open Street Map has a postcode layer, of which the Island section is below.
Image: statefarm under a CC BY 2.0 license
Map image: Open Street Map
