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I googled for some statistics: USA 1% of all trips is by cycle [1] 743 cyclist fatalities per year (2013) [2] population 320 million. Denmark

by sampo 10y ago

I googled for some statistics: USA 1% of all trips is by cycle [1] 743 cyclist fatalities per year (2013) [2] population 320 million. Denmark 17% of all trips is by cycle [3] 33 cyclist fatalities per year (2013) [3] population 5.6 million. Cyclist fatalities per 1 million people: USA: 2.3 Denmark: 5.9 ...per cycling frequency: USA: 232 Denmark: 35 I guess I was expecting worse. American cyclists die only 7x more than Danish cyclists. [1] http://www.bikewalkalliance.org/storage/documents/reports/2014BenchmarkingReport.pdf http://www.bikewalkalliance.org/storage/documents/reports/20... [2] https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812151 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... [3] http://www.cycling-embassy.dk/facts-about-cycling-in-denmark/statistics/ http://www.cycling-embassy.dk/facts-about-cycling-in-denmark...

prawn 10y ago
I imagine that the more cyclists there are, the better the awareness and appreciation of their choice to ride, and the better the infrastructure. In Australia, there are a lot of people who seriously despise people choosing to ride. They will excuse the attitude in a number of ways ("Some cyclists run red lights to get head starts!"), but the hatred is deeper. Either us vs them, or jealous that others have made a decision they are unwilling to make? It's baffling.
Someone 10y ago
"American cyclists die only 7x more than Danish cyclists." reason that this is so 'low' is a difference in the population that cycles. I don't know for Denmark, but in the Netherlands, about 60% of cyclists dying in traffic are over 65 years old (106 out of 185 in 2014).
- huherto 10y ago
  > I don't know for Denmark, but in the Netherlands, about 60% of cyclists dying in traffic are over 65 years old (106 out of 185 in 2014). I am curious why is that. Reflexes, heart attacks, hip injuries ?

by sampo 10y ago

prawn 10y ago

I imagine that the more cyclists there are, the better the awareness and appreciation of their choice to ride, and the better the infrastructure. In Australia, there are a lot of people who seriously despise people choosing to ride. They will excuse the attitude in a number of ways ("Some cyclists run red lights to get head starts!"), but the hatred is deeper. Either us vs them, or jealous that others have made a decision they are unwilling to make? It's baffling.

Someone 10y ago

"American cyclists die only 7x more than Danish cyclists." reason that this is so 'low' is a difference in the population that cycles. I don't know for Denmark, but in the Netherlands, about 60% of cyclists dying in traffic are over 65 years old (106 out of 185 in 2014).

huherto 10y ago
> I don't know for Denmark, but in the Netherlands, about 60% of cyclists dying in traffic are over 65 years old (106 out of 185 in 2014). I am curious why is that. Reflexes, heart attacks, hip injuries ?