Reminder: most common cycle injury collisions

[mjr]

Some people seem to think that getting run into from behind counts for most cycle collisions. No, it's not even in the top five.

The most common injury collision types (according to TfL anyway) are: oncoming vehicle turns across cycle, door opens into cycle, sideswipe, left hook, and motorist jumps red light or ignores give way.

The main change that riders can make to avoid one of those is to stay well clear of doors. The others are rather more difficult to do much about. Taking the lane may help sometimes, but not always. Really we need better traffic policing and driver education.

Anyway, that's just in case you need to remind someone. Hope it's useful.

 

[mjr]

http://pic.twitter.com/cEhtfnUGl0 shows a copy of the data table

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

How do I get to the toilet? I'm sitting here in my kitchen and there are 2 doors between me and the toilet...

 

[mjr]

Why are you riding to the toilet? How big is your house? Get your domestiques to sacrifice themselves to the doors?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm a lazy git and cycle everywhere, even up stairs - and there are more doors there!

 

[summerdays]

I'm a lazy git and cycle everywhere, even up stairs - and there are more doors there!

This I'd like to see, can you video yourself please

As for the OP, I'm surprised at the order of those, as I would definitely put cars coming out of side roads higher, but maybe we look out for that one more so avoid more of those crashes. It would be interesting but impossible to know how often those things occur and the cyclist isn't injured in normal everyday cycling.

 

[glenn forger]

I've seen reports that 25% of KSI RTCs involving cyclists involve rear impacts?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've seen reports that 25% of KSI RTCs involving cyclists involve rear impacts?

It's worth bearing in mind that those stats are London-based. They're not the typical kind of accident situations you're going to get on rural roads.

 

[Panter]

I imagine that both data are probably correct.
More injuries resulting from that list of 5, but more KSI from rear collisions. A rear collision may suggest that the driver hasn't seen the cyclist at all so the speed differential at impact could be far higher as opposed to the more common, but lower speed, side swipes etc.

 

[glenn forger]

Sorry, I can't find it now and to be honest I was a bit surprised but I'm sure I read that a quarter of impacts were collisions from the rear.

 

[glenn forger]

Found it, it's fatals:

The most common vehicle involved in collisions with cyclists is a car or taxi, with the rider usually being hit by the front of the vehicle. In a quarter of fatal cyclist accidents, the front of the vehicle hit the rear of the bicycle.

However, heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) present a particular danger for cyclists, especially in London where around 20% of cyclist fatalities occur involve an HGV. These often occur when an HGV is turning left at a junction'. About one quarter of accidents resulting in serious injury to a cyclist involved an HGV, bus or coach 'passing too close' to the rider


http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformation/cycling/facts-figures.aspx

 

[Brandane]

It's worth bearing in mind that those stats are London-based. They're not the typical kind of accident situations you're going to get on rural roads.

+1. I've had several cycling related injuries over the years, and about 90% of them have been caused by me being stupid enough to go cycling on icy roads/paths.

 

[steveindenmark]

If cars stop jumping red light reduces accidents, does the same not apply to cyclists.

I suppose the same could apply to insane filtering. As opposed tto normal filtering.

 

[jefmcg]

+1. I've had several cycling related injuries over the years, and about 90% of them have been caused by me being stupid enough to go cycling on icy roads/paths.

And most/all of those were probably not reported to anyone. Those sort of accidents generally don't make statistics.

 

[glenn forger]

If cars stop jumping red light reduces accidents, does the same not apply to cyclists.

I suppose the same could apply to insane filtering. As opposed tto normal filtering.

No. It's funny how almost all your posts imply cyclists are the agents of their own injuries.

A cyclist is more likely to be hurt by a motor vehicle driver jumping a red than by jumping a red themselves. Risky or illegal behaviour by cyclists is simply not a significant causal factor in KSI RTCs.