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I don't think those numbers really capture the full story since the majority of children rarely or never cycle on the road. I couldn't find a resource for the n
by cmcd 7y ago
I don't think those numbers really capture the full story since the majority of children rarely or never cycle on the road. I couldn't find a resource for the number of children who regularly cycle on roads, but one of the main reasons children might be doing this is going to and from school. Only 1% of children commute this way. There are certainly other reasons children might cycle on roads, for the sake of argument let's add another 1% for children who regularly ride on roads but do not ride to school. Using your estimate of 40 million children between the age of 5 and 14 that gives us just 800k regular cyclists and a 30.6 child pedestrian deaths per 100k.
https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/media/pressreleases/US-Travel-Data-Show-Decline-in-Walking-and-Bicycling-to-School-Has-Stabilized https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/media/pressreleases/US...
- rayiner 7y agoThe fatality statistics aren’t just biking, it’s all traffic fatalities where a child is a pedestrian. While few children bike to school (2.2%) many walk (20%). See: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/12/03/report-more-kids-are-walking-to-school https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/12/03/report-more-kids-are-.... Biking and other road activities is even more common for recreational use: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/06/deflated-biking-among-kids-on-the-decline.html https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/0... > A recent national poll by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital asked parents about bike habits among children ages 4 to 13 and found four in five parents said their child rides a bike, 50 percent ride non-motorized scooters and 17 percent use skateboards.