Originally Posted by
locolobo13
One problem I have with bicycle stats is how do you collect them? Especially injuries or fatalities per mile or hour cycled. I can look out my downtown office window and see at least a hundred bicyclists that never registered with any survey.

The data for most studies that involve bicycle fatalities and serious injuries are collected from state agencies (e.g., Highway Patrol) and from hospital stats of emergency room visits. You're right, though, most less serious injuries are probably never reported anywhere. In the last eight years, I've crashed on my bike three times, and each time it was pretty minor, so I told my friends, but not anyone who counts that sort of thing.