The loss of 698 lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes in 2007, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S., is a terrible toll. While lower than the 814 fatalities in 1997, bicycling crash were on the rise just a few years ago. These numbers represent 2 percent of the total number of people killed and injured in traffic crashes in 2007. The number of reported injuries involving bicyclists has followed a similar trend, from 68,000 in 1993 to 41,000 in 2003, only to rise again in 2005. Fortunately, the 43,000 reported injuries in 2007 represents another decline. However, we know from research into hospital records that only a fraction of bicycle crashes causing injury are ever recorded by the police, possibly as low as ten percent.
http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/facts/crash-facts.cfm
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