Originally Posted by closetbiker

I'd say, it doesn't really matter if there were 10 or 10,000 cyclists or 10 or 10,000 pedestrians.

In 1700 hits, 55 pedestrians die.

In 900 hits, 5 cyclists die

Police say pedestrians are a problem. Cyclists, OK.

You can always use the well known FARS study (although the websites that I've seen it on don't mention pedestrians, but do mention cars)

# of fatalities per 1,000,000 exposure hrs.
Living (all causes of death) 1.53
Swimming 1.07
Passenger cars .47
Bicycling .26