Originally Posted by
El Pelon
...I'm sure there are multiple ways to slice and dice the numbers, but it would be interesting to see if anybody has done any sort of statistical analysis to determine whether riding on a daily basis actually increases or decreases someone's projected life span...
Multiple studies have been done that show commuter cyclists live longer than their motorized brethren.
For as much as people worry about trauma, it's poor health that gets them in the end. Only 4% of deaths are due to accidents, most of the rest are from conditions that cycling helps to prevent.
When trauma does lead to a death, it's most often in a MVA.
Deaths to cyclists are about on par with deaths from falling out of bed or choking on food and further down the list of dying from falling down the stairs.
