Originally Posted by ChAnMaN
I have heard this about car satistics but are you sure it applys to bicycles?
ChAnMaN- I have always understood that to be a question of frequency. It's based on this- The majority of car trips are for shorter destination trips (sad, but true- for my diatribe on car-based communities send me a PM) the odds of you having an accident are far greater near home too. I would guess that the same goes for bikes, especially when you don't differentiate use. If kids riding recreationally in the neighborhood are included in the group then the probability of "close to home" accidents goes way up. I know I contributed to the "close to home" accident statistic when I was a kid- often, and with dramatic results.
As well, it depends on how one defines "close to home."