Originally Posted by
HiYoSilver
Original poster,
I've looked off and on for several years. Excutive summary: no valid data available.
Rates of death/ year are low, in most years maybe about 100. No agency collects relevant data.
Wow. You haven't looked too hard, have you? From the FHA:
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/PED_BIKE/...crash_iihs.pdf
This was the first official google hit, I think I remember seeing 2006 figures somewhere and bike deaths in the US seem to be around 700 or so each year.
Also:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/download...fatalities.pdf
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks...lariskbike.htm (I REALLY like this one...)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/nhts...006/810802.pdf
And there's plenty more from non-official sources.
Admittedly not the kind of detailed stuff that might actually be useful, but the raw info is out there.