HOW DANGEROUS IS CYCLING? DEPENDS ON WHICH NUMBERS YOU EMPHASISE.

On 5/14/2019 9:55 PM, James wrote:

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Certainly the crashes that result in injury seem to have increased
significantly more than the increase in participation, however "all
crashes" doesn't seem to have changed much at all.Â* Curious.

It seems as though the severity of the crashes has increased more than
the increase in cyclists.Â* It seems the infra created greater chances of
conflict.

Exactly. you would not expect the number of crashes to increase linearly
with increased traffic, you would expect it to increase at a greater rate.

A 75% increase may be worth a few more non-fatal crashes, and the fact
that fatal crashes went down also needs to be considered.

It's amusing when bicycle infrastructure is put in, cycling rates
skyrocket, and someone thinks that this is a bad thing.