Posted Sep 4, 2019, 9:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jtown,man
Assuming we are using 2011-2018, the final number of 2,250 comes out to 281 injuries a year from bikers.
80,000 people would have been injured by cars in that same timeframe. 112,000 if you include bikers being injured by cars.
If bikers make up 1% of the commuters and they had the same pedestrian-injury rate as cars, they would injure 1,120 people a year vs what the number really is, 281.
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112,000 is over 8 years, or 14,000/year. The equivalent at a 1% share would be 140 injuries per year.
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