Insurance again - cycling getting safer

"According to the Department for Transport's reported casualty
statistics last year 111 cyclists lost their lives on Britain's roads
with rural roads again proving the most dangerous places to ride.

Cycling casualties have though dropped by 30 per cent on UK roads as
judged against the DfT's own average based on the casualty rates
between 1994-98 at the same time cycle usage has gone up by 20 per
cent.

The total numbers of cyclists killed or seriously injured on British
roads was 2771 in 2010 of which 2660 were seriously injured (up 56 on
the previous year), 4627 cyclists were slightly injured.

When judged against the 94-98 average per billion vehicle miles the
number of cyclist killed or seriously injured has dropped by 40 per
cent, although there was a 1 per cent rise in 2010 over 2009.

In fact it is more dangerous to be a pedestrian on Britain's roads
than a cyclist.

So, while cycling on Britain's roads might not be as safe as we would
like it to be it is certainly safer than it was in the recent past."

http://road.cc/content/news/48281-cy...ance-comapnies

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Simon Mason

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:09:51 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote:

"According to the Department for Transport's reported casualty
statistics last year 111 cyclists lost their lives on Britain's roads
with rural roads again proving the most dangerous places to ride.

Cycling casualties have though dropped by 30 per cent on UK roads as
judged against the DfT's own average based on the casualty rates
between 1994-98 at the same time cycle usage has gone up by 20 per
cent.

The total numbers of cyclists killed or seriously injured on British
roads was 2771 in 2010 of which 2660 were seriously injured (up 56 on
the previous year), 4627 cyclists were slightly injured.

When judged against the 94-98 average per billion vehicle miles the
number of cyclist killed or seriously injured has dropped by 40 per
cent, although there was a 1 per cent rise in 2010 over 2009.

In fact it is more dangerous to be a pedestrian on Britain's roads
than a cyclist.


What a surprise - not part of the DfT's figures at all - made up and added by a
cycling group.

Tell that to the cyclists who more likely to be are killed and seriously
injured on UK roads - mile for mile - than pedestrians are.

Another little piglet.

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:37:42 +0000, Judith wrote:



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