Last year, an estimated 80,900 cyclists ended up in A&E departments after accidents, and cyclist deaths rose 14% to 281.
If you dont take into account growth of cycling over all then this number is largely meaningless. If cycling grew by 14% too then accidents didnt actually increase in a way that matters for traffic safety.
In the Netherlands the issue is, from my understanding, that people are cycling increasingly late in life.
Elderly people cycling was always a common thing. But now that e-bikes are commonplace, elderly people are able to keep cycling for much longer than they would have been able to without the assistance of an e-bike.
When an elderly person falls or otherwise gets into an accident, they are far more likely to get severly injured and/or die than when that happens to someone younger.
If you dont take into account growth of cycling over all then this number is largely meaningless. If cycling grew by 14% too then accidents didnt actually increase in a way that matters for traffic safety.
In the Netherlands the issue is, from my understanding, that people are cycling increasingly late in life.
Elderly people cycling was always a common thing. But now that e-bikes are commonplace, elderly people are able to keep cycling for much longer than they would have been able to without the assistance of an e-bike.
When an elderly person falls or otherwise gets into an accident, they are far more likely to get severly injured and/or die than when that happens to someone younger.
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