Cyclist fatalities continue to decline

[Deleted member 121159]

https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...ending-june-2023#casualties-by-road-user-type

Stats for 2023 show a decline of 22% in cyclist fatalities compared to 2022 (-29% compared to 2013). Encouraging developments but 83 lives were still lost.

 

[craigwend]

Good news, though I wonder how much correlates to less cyclists on the road?
(Post Covid boom bubble bursting)

 

[Punkawallah]

For comparison, leukaemia killed about ten times this number, and and it’s about the same number who died falling from/through a building. I’m not going to worry myself.

 

[Alex321]

Good news, though I wonder how much correlates to less cyclists on the road?
(Post Covid boom bubble bursting)

Well being 29% down on 2013 won't be caused by reductions in cycling numbers post-covid. I would hope that enough carried on after COVID that the numbers would be higher now tan in 2013.

 

[Deleted member 121159]

Good news, though I wonder how much correlates to less cyclists on the road?
(Post Covid boom bubble bursting)

They'll announce casualty rates per billion miles travelled later in the year, and over the years this figure has been declining too. It's still much higher than cars, but people do more miles by car so risk per hour travelled may be comparable.

 

[Deleted member 121159]

For comparison, leukaemia killed about ten times this number, and and it’s about the same number who died falling from/through a building. I’m not going to worry myself.

And 38,730 people died from ischaemic heart disease which cycling hopefully helps prevent.

 

[a.twiddler]

This will upset Daily Mail editors. Perhaps they will find some other minority to demonise for a while. Or perhaps they will just carry on. No point spoiling a good ongoing story for the sake of such tedious fripperies as facts. Many things are more dangerous than cycling. "More people die from falling off furniture than from cycling" for example, doesn't have the same ring to it somehow. Compulsory helmets for furniture users? Hmm.

 

[Sallar55]

Sometimes the weather can have an impact

 

[presta]

I wonder how much correlates to less cyclists on the road?

Billion Passenger km
Deaths

 

[Dogtrousers]

View attachment 719542

Billion Passenger km
Deaths

Thanks for that.

According to those figures cycling total has returned to pre-covid levels (6bn km/yr) after peaking at 9 in 2020. There seems to be an underlying growth trend adding roughly an extra 1bn each decade.

Interestingly, the figures say that car road km took a hit during Covid (yes you'd expect that) from 698 in 2019 to 505 in 2020 but have not recovered to pre-covid (still 637 in 2022). Could be to do with the economy?

 

[Deleted member 121159]

View attachment 719542

Billion Passenger km
Deaths

The volume of cycling traffic in the 1950s is unbelievable especially since the population was so much smaller!

 

[wafter]

Don't worry - I'm sure a carefully-orchastrated Daily Mail campaign can get those numbers up again!

 

[Slick]

Do we think the changes to the HC played a part?

 

[Alex321]

Thanks for that.

According to those figures cycling total has returned to pre-covid levels (6bn km/yr) after peaking at 9 in 2020. There seems to be an underlying growth trend adding roughly an extra 1bn each decade.

Interestingly, the figures say that car road km took a hit during Covid (yes you'd expect that) from 698 in 2019 to 505 in 2020 but have not recovered to pre-covid (still 637 in 2022). Could be to do with the economy?

A lot of car use is commuting, and a significant number of office work employers have stuck with hybrid working, so fewer people commuting each day.

 

[BoldonLad]

The volume of cycling traffic in the 1950s is unbelievable especially since the population was so much smaller!

Yes, but, few people had cars.

In 1952 I lived in a street of approximately 100 houses (mixture of 2/3 bedroom social housing, or, Council Houses as they were called then), there was 1 car in the whole street. The same street now is almost impassable with parked cars.