Maybe enrolling in an Effective Cycling bike course would be a better first step instead of analysing cyclist accidents on information which in most cases is scant, secondhand and most likely inaccurate, particularly as to cause.

Realistically, we can all get tied up in knots about the individual tragedies and who or what is to blame, but the big picture says the number of deaths and injuries is actually quite small. Maybe we should post over the next week all the motorist deaths that we come across, just as a comparison.

The only thing the continued and prominent promotion of and morbid interest in cycling deaths achieves is to reinforce the notion in the majority of the community's mind that cycling is inherently unsafe and therefore is neither a recreational nor transport option.