On 03/12/2019 19:50, nightjar wrote:
On 03/12/2019 16:38, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 02/12/2019 20:25, Bod wrote:
On 02/12/2019 20:19, JNugent wrote:
On 02/12/2019 20:15, Bod wrote:

The most common cause of accidents is to driver error. Over 100,000
(108,479) crashes occured in the UK due to cars suddenly braking,
drivers failing to look properly, poor car maneuvering and/or loss of
control.2 Jul 2018

Â*Â*That total is not correct.

Government figures show a total of 84,968 RTCs reported to the Police in
2018, of which driver/rider error accounted for 57.162. The overall total,
including minor non-reportable collisions, will be higher, but any other
figure can, at best, be an estimate.

How interesting.

What does it have to do with cycling?
Â*
Â* Cyclists cause a fraction of that amount of accidents
Â*Â*The figure given probably includes about 3% which are cyclist error
rather than driver error.

There is only one category of contributory factor that specifically
mentions cyclist action, which is cyclist entering road from pavement. That
caused 684 RTCs, of which 8 were fatal (probably for the cyclist).

and there may be a split of other contributory factors by road user type.