Cycle Accidents

Every year in this country around 17,000 cyclists are killed or injured in reported road accidents, including around 2,500 who are killed or seriously injured. These figures only include the numbers of cyclists killed or injured in road accidents that
were reported to the police. It is well established that many cyclist casualties are not reported to the police, even when the cyclist is inured badly enough to be taken to hospital.

The above figures also exclude cycling accidents that occur away from the road. Although the number of deaths will be accurate, there could be two or three times as many seriously injured cyclists and double the number of slightly injured.

This factsheet provides the latest statistics and information relating to cycle accidents, the type of cycle accidents, the most cycle common accidents and the injury patterns involved.