Most frequent causes of cycling accidents

[Chris S]

Does anybody have a list of the most frequent causes of cycling accidents please?

I always assumed it would be similar to car accidents, such as turning right. However I was reading on another forum that car drivers turning left are a major cause of injuries to cyclists.

Also that HGVs are responsible for 43% of all fatalities in London over the last 15 years.
http://birminghambik...y.org/home.html

Any information would be appreciated.

 

[Cheule]

Trying to occupy a space already reserved by another solid object?

 

[Tigerbiten]

Falling off.
Either self-induced or not.

 

[Hilldodger]

In my case, this. (It's actually Leicester's multi world champion, Fred Wood.)

 

[Banjo]

I have read that the majority of cyclists accidents with cars are caused by vehicles pulling out of side streets and hitting the bike from the side.

hence the suggestion of trying to make eye contact with drivers in that situalion.

 

[Dan B]

I have read that the majority of cyclists accidents with cars are caused by vehicles pulling out of side streets and hitting the bike from the side.

hence the suggestion of trying to make eye contact with drivers in that situalion.

Yes, better to make eye contact than nose contact.


But I think if the OP is in search of a serious answer he'll need to be more specific about his terms. For example, do you include off-road accidents? What about child cyclists?

 

[skudupnorth]

My personal case was a car pulling out of a side street and then buggering off ! On a daily basis it's motorists not watching far enough ahead of their bonnet to see if the other road user up front and preparing for any sudden changes (pinch points are my favorite ! )

 

[Chris S]

if the OP is in search of a serious answer he'll need to be more specific about his terms.

I was hoping for information on road accidents were the cyclist has right of way?

 

[carpiste]

If you have time on your hands to trawl through statistics try here http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=8094

 

[skudupnorth]

I had right of way and i was lit up like a good un....still got splattered ! Thankfully were it happened it was not too hard to find the culprit and he had a nice visit to the Police station !

 

[craigwend]

In my case, this. (It's actually Leicester's multi world champion, Fred Wood.)

Santa has the same problem

 

[xpc316e]

I was hoping for information on road accidents were the cyclist has right of way?

One very interesting fact is that nowhere in the Highway Code does it mention 'right of way'.

 

[ufkacbln]

In my case, this. (It's actually Leicester's multi world champion, Fred Wood.)

Trying to occupy a space already reserved by another solid object?

Yep - those two quotes are in agreement!

 

[ufkacbln]

More seriously I used to have some stats from Hampshire in the 90's which reckoned the most dangerous thing a cyclist could do was cycle in a straight line!

 

[HLaB]

I was hoping for information on road accidents were the cyclist has right of way?

If you can get access to the Stats 19 database it would give you info on that.