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Efficiency is not everything. In the Netherlands for a third year in a row there are more fatalities among cyclists than car passengers: https://www.cbs.nl/en-
by Tade0 3y ago
Efficiency is not everything. In the Netherlands for a third year in a row there are more fatalities among cyclists than car passengers:
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/more-traffic-deaths-in-2022-particularly-among-cyclists-over-75 https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2023/16/more-traffic-deaths-in...
More than half of those deaths are people over the age of 75.
Close to 85% - the 50+ cohort(so including the previously mentioned group).
The Netherlands treats road safety seriously and spent decades prioritizing bicycles, yet this is happening.
- yayitswei 3y agoThis could be expected if the ratio of bikes to cars is much higher than in other places.
- Tade0 3y agoIt's a recent phenomenon - there were many bikes before and no such issues. What's worrying is that fatalities are higher despite bicycles not being a large part of the modal split: https://www.statista.com/statistics/449436/netherlands-modal-split-of-passenger-transport-on-land/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/449436/netherlands-modal... The few local accounts that I gathered point to older people using e-bikes (or even so-called fast bikes) and going too fast compared to their situational awareness. It's the same problem as with elderly drivers, just more pronounced because bicycles give little to no protection.