Originally Posted by
genec
Oh so there are more cyclist deaths by automobile collision, per capita, in the countries mentioned, than in the US?
Of course in any set of numbers, one can skew them anyway they want to get the results you want... for instance: typically cycling in the US is declared safe as there are fewer deaths per cycling hour than there are deaths per motoring hour, but what about if we compare mileage, oops cyclists don't fare so well. But what if we look at general health... do cyclists tend to be healthier than motorists?
So there are a variety of ways to view the data...
referenced study wasn't about just cyclists deaths. It was concerning all highway fatalities.
Frankly, given the information available in the report I have no idea if these other countries are safer for cyclists--and frankly neither do you.
Since there is no US information available with reliable (statistically reliable means the data is sufficient to infer population stats with a degree of confidence) data of the number of cycling trips nor the mileage of those trips it is impossible to adjust the deaths by those values to determine such death rates in a statistically valid manner.