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  2. From: dkw@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David Wittenberg)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.soc
  4. Subject: Re: Safety and Bikeways
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.182451.1034@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 18:24:51 GMT
  7. References: <72113@cup.portal.com>
  8. Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System)
  9. Organization: Brandeis University Computer Science
  10. Lines: 28
  11.  
  12. In article <72113@cup.portal.com>, JForester@cup.portal.com (John - Forester) writes:
  13. |> 
  14. |>                     BIKEWAYS AND CYCLIST SAFETY
  15. |> 
  16. |>    This is in response to questions about why bikeways are
  17. |> less safe than roads.
  18. |> 
  19. |> Accident Pattern
  20. |> 
  21. |> Accidents to cyclists occur in the following pattern:
  22. |> Falls                                  44%
  23. |> Collision with moving motor vehicle    18%
  24. |> Collision with moving bicycle          17%
  25. |> Collision with moving dog               8%
  26. |> Collision with parked car               4%
  27. |> Bicycle mechanical failure              3%
  28. |> Collision with pedestrian               1%
  29. |> Other                                   5%
  30.  
  31. I've seen these  (or similar) statistics quoted frequently.  Does
  32. anyone know where I can find statistics on patterns of accidents
  33. causing injury?
  34. I'm not terribly worried about getting a minor scrape now and then,
  35. but I do try to avoid situations which are likely to kill me.
  36. Ideally, I'd like to see accident frequencies for serious injuries
  37. (say broken bone or hospital stay) and for fatalities.
  38.  
  39. --David Wittenberg
  40.