PPT Slide
- Distribution of bicycle deaths:
- 49% of all deaths occur between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
- Summer: May, June and July have the highest percent of bicycle related deaths.
- About six times as many bicycle deaths are males compared with females.
- 33% of deaths occurred at intersections.
- Bicycle incidents are most likely to occur within 5 blocks of home.
- Almost half of all bicycle crashes occur in driveways and on sidewalks.
- A child is four times more likely to be seriously injured in a bicycle crash than to be kidnapped by a stranger.
- About 900 bicycle riders are killed in the U.S. every year, 90% involve collisions with cars, and 75% of them die of brain injuries.
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