Bike Vs Car Safety

3 males die 6 times more often and are injured 4 times more often on bicycles.

Bike vs car safety. But when they get into an accident it puts things in perspective. Adults aged 50 to 59 years have the highest bicycle death rates. Insurance institute for highway safety with a total of 4 381. People forget that practically all the bike crash stats in the universe include the crashes and injuries of little kids who are far more crash and injury prone than their adult counterparts.

Using an average car a holden chevrolet cruze and an average bike kawasaki er6 n we see which stops quicker. A car weighs 2 tons or so while the average bike is a mere 20 pounds says tim blumenthal president of people for bikes an advocacy group. This kind of crash is more common than you might think. What are the major risk factors.

Government data from 2013 show that for every mile traveled that year the number of motorcycle related deaths was 26 times the number of car related deaths source. A driver opens his door right in front of you. Yet kids aren t allowed to use bike share. Most cyclists don t think a lot about bicycle safety on an ongoing basis.

Bret tkacs of puget sound safety walks through an analysis of motorcycle braking as compared to cars and other road users. It s the second most common car bike crash in toronto and the 1 crash santa barbara we ve compiled a huge list of cyclists killed by running into open car doors. You ll also find educational material. The biggest factor in the safety of bike share systems is the lack of children using it.

As you might expect when a crash occurs between a vehicle and a bike it s the cyclist who is most likely to be injured. You run right into it if you can t stop in time. 3 children 5 14 years and adolescents 15 19 years have the highest rates of nonfatal bicycle related injuries accounting for more than one third of all bicycle related injuries seen in u s. Even so compared with people driving cars motorcycle drivers face a much higher risk of dying in a crash.

There were 857 bicyclists killed in traffic crashes in the united states in 2018. When protected bike lanes are implemented well they have been found to improve everyone s safety generate more revenue for shops along the street and yep even speed up car traffic.