More safety in numbers?

THE number of serious injuries among cyclists on Surrey's roads has doubled
since 2008, a new report reveals.

In 2008 there were 50 KSIs (killed or seriously injured) among our cyclists,
but last year this jumped to 107, with one killed and 106 maimed.

"We realised we were seeing more serious injuries and did a detailed
analysis, and it turned out there were two main causes: firstly cyclists
falling off or hitting a companion, and cyclists hitting a vehicle coming
out of a 'give way' junction."

So the most common reason is not motorists, but 'cyclists falling off or
hitting a companion'

Safety in numbers? Apparently not.


http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/R...ail/story.html

On Apr 28, 3:15*pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
THE number of serious injuries among cyclists on Surrey's roads has doubled
since 2008, a new report reveals.

In 2008 there were 50 KSIs (killed or seriously injured) among our cyclists,
but last year this jumped to 107, with one killed and 106 maimed.

"We realised we were seeing more serious injuries and did a detailed
analysis, and it turned out there were two main causes: firstly cyclists
falling off or hitting a companion, and cyclists hitting a vehicle coming
out of a 'give way' junction."

So the most common reason is not motorists, but 'cyclists falling off or
hitting a companion'

Safety in numbers? *Apparently not.

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/R...cyclists/story...

There's a terrible echo in here. Couldn't you just have walked over to
118 Benn's desk and crosschecked this one with him?