Originally Posted by chipcom

Just how many people do you think ride bikes in the USA? Whatever number you choose, divide it by the 600-700 cycling fatalities in the US last year, then get back to us with your percentage.

I'll make it easy on you...the 2000 Census estimated that between 411,000 and 750,000 cyclists bike to work, while BIA put the number at 4.9 million. Maybe 10%, if that, of cyclists ride to work, so if we use the high end of the commuting numbers by the census bureau, we can very conservatively assume that there are 7.5 million cyclists. (personally I believe the number is closer to 30 million, but what the heck). If we use 750 fatalities to make the math easy, we find that .001 (one one hundreth of one percent) of cyclists died last year. Even if you use the 750,000 figure of commuters-only in 2000, your still talking .1% (one tenth of one percent). I'm sure someone can provide more accurate numbers to play with.

How does your number compare?