Originally Posted by
Pete Fagerlin
And if people were less attentive while driving one would expect to see more ped/cyclists deaths.
Bicyclist deaths in motor vehicle crashes 2005: 720 (725 in 2004)
Maybe there is some flaw in the way the data is collected but to my layman's eyes it sure looks like the number of motorists on the road has risen and despite the addition of many new distractions the number of cyclists fatalities has declined since "the good ole days."
Pete, you need to compare that to the actual number of cyclists and peds to have it reflect anything meaningful. Right now it just says the number of deaths went down... but compared to what... number of miles, number of participants or what... it is not normalized in any way. For all I know, the total number dead=the number of participants... and that would be a pretty lousy situation.
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics.... "