Originally Posted by
wphamilton
The numbers look right IMO until this. Accidents related to intersections account for a large portion the fatalities but not enough to make up for the 6.2 times higher rate per mile, and ditto the lights and clothes.
Nope.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811743.pdf
On page two, data is given for the location of cyclists deaths. In 2011, 59% of pedalcyclists deaths occured at a non-intersection location, 31% of deaths occured at an intersection, and the other 10% occured at other locations.
Although I'm not quite sure how this is possible, as most near-crashes for me have occured inside or at least 20 feet outside of intersections, but numbers don't lie.
Another interesting statistic, pedalcyclists accounted for just 1.9% of all traffic related fatalities, and pedestrians accounted for 13% of traffic related fatalites. Simple math shows that the other 85.1% is made up of motorists. Alors, a mon avi, cyclisme est plus sauf de conduite. (So, in my opinion, cycling is more safe than driving)