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  • Shocking: Statistics of Cycling Accidents

    From Spike@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 5 11:55:57 2024
    Statistics of Cycling Accidents

    50% of crashes are a single bicycle accident (HOPE)
    21% of crashes are a bicycle-bicycle crash (HOPE)

    [HOPE can be found at <http://www.bicycle-helmets.eu/images/downloads/COST-Action-TU1101_final-report.pdf>][not
    secure]

    [HOPE: Helmet OPtimisation Europe]

    [Graphic on p26 shows cyclists are their own worst enemy]

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    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Sun May 5 16:24:27 2024
    On 05/05/2024 12:55 pm, Spike wrote:

    Statistics of Cycling Accidents

    50% of crashes are a single bicycle accident (HOPE)
    21% of crashes are a bicycle-bicycle crash (HOPE)

    [HOPE can be found at <http://www.bicycle-helmets.eu/images/downloads/COST-Action-TU1101_final-report.pdf>][not
    secure]

    [HOPE: Helmet OPtimisation Europe]

    [Graphic on p26 shows cyclists are their own worst enemy]

    It says that only 13% of collisions involving chav-bikes and their
    riders involve motor vehicles.

    And a proportion of that 13% will in any case involve chavs riding their chav-bikes into parked and unattended vehicles or into stationary
    vehicles waiting in queues, at traffic lights or Give Way junctions, etc.

    It also says that less then 10% of chav-bike collisions are reported to
    the police. That is quite intuitive, when many/most chavs ride their
    chav-bikes away as fast as they can after hitting a pedestrian or
    another vehicle.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Sun May 5 15:33:41 2024
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 05/05/2024 12:55 pm, Spike wrote:

    Statistics of Cycling Accidents

    50% of crashes are a single bicycle accident (HOPE)
    21% of crashes are a bicycle-bicycle crash (HOPE)

    [HOPE can be found at
    <http://www.bicycle-helmets.eu/images/downloads/COST-Action-TU1101_final-report.pdf>][not
    secure]

    [HOPE: Helmet OPtimisation Europe]

    [Graphic on p26 shows cyclists are their own worst enemy]

    It says that only 13% of collisions involving chav-bikes and their
    riders involve motor vehicles.

    And a proportion of that 13% will in any case involve chavs riding their chav-bikes into parked and unattended vehicles or into stationary
    vehicles waiting in queues, at traffic lights or Give Way junctions, etc.

    It also says that less then 10% of chav-bike collisions are reported to
    the police. That is quite intuitive, when many/most chavs ride their chav-bikes away as fast as they can after hitting a pedestrian or
    another vehicle.

    Oh, quite so. That is a very revealing document, and contrasts quite
    starkly with the Gospel According to Cyclists that gets trotted out on
    every conceivable occasion.

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    Spike

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