Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Not offhand, but 15 seconds on google yields:
http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/health/risks.htm
Then
http://www.wrongful-death.com/wrongf...ent_death.html
Be careful when reading the statistics. Some accident types are listed as "motorist failed to yield" but could be a sidewalk rider who entered the intersection on a crosswalk. If such a cyclist is hit, theoretically it could be the motorist's "fault" since "pedestrians" in the crosswalk always have right-of-way over a vehicle, but in reality it's the bicyclist doing something boneheaded that really caused the accident. It all depends on a combination of local laws and who's interpreting them how.
Yep, and how many of these are people that are hit when they get to the far end of the crosswalk by someone that was speeding and decides to do a rolling stop? I'd be willing to bet that's higher than the ones where it's the cyclist or pedestrians fault. I see this happen at almost every major intersection on my commute to work. Fortunately no pedestrians/cyclists involved there.