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Real numbers on actual collisions (UK urban areas, 2012): Pedestrians killed by motorists: 253 Pedestrians killed by cyclists: 1 Pedestrians seriously injure

• pif 10y ago
  These numbers won't change the feeling. You know, you'll get soaked under rain, but a lighting can kill a person. Still, if you ask people what is more annoying between rain and lightings, what do expect as a result? On the other hand, if a lot of drunk people cross the street with no caution, statistically many more will be hit by a car rather than by a bike (many more cars than bike, larger volume, reduced possibility of lateral movement), and an accident with a car is statistically more dangerous than with a bike due to the mass. So, to sum up, number of people killed has hardly any correlation with annoyance. If I risk one accident per year with a car and ten with bikes, I'll be "against" bikers.