> But, naturally, that list doesn't include all the times that a cyclist successfully swerved around the door and nothing happened. It also doesn't include all

> But, naturally, that list doesn't include all the times that a cyclist successfully swerved around the door and nothing happened. It also doesn't include all of the times cyclists crashed into a door and got back on the bike with nothing but some bruises and a damaged ego. Or any times they crashed and received a noteworthy injury but didn't die. Like with many safety statistics unfortunately the only data we have to work with is the most severe cases - we have a mountain of data on when things go wrong (deaths), but safe behaviour is invisible since its outcomes are never logged. Regardless one thing is clear - if you want to avoid either cycling at speed into a person or a heavy metal object, or swerving wildly into passing traffic, always take the lane instead of cycling in the door zone.