On Sep 4, 4:04*am, Matt B wrote:
Doug wrote:
So you can stop blaming all the victims.
...

Your premise (the title) though only covers a very small percentage of
bicycle accidents.

You might be interested in a report prepared for the Scottish Executive
which looked at the causes of bicycle casualty accidents.[1]

Interesting findings from hospital data include the following:
* - 72% of accidents involved _no_ other vehicle.
* - 45% of casualties did not state who they thought was to blame.
* - 41% of accidents occurred off-road (cycle tracks, etc.).
* - 29% of accidents occurred on the pavement (43% of child accidents).
* - 11% of accidents involved another bicycle.
* - 10% of accidents involved a car.
* - 7% of casualties blamed a motor vehicle (1% of child accidents).
* - 6% of casualties were performing "sporting activities" (stunts,
mountain biking, etc.)

Accidents were caused by a very wide range of circumstances and _no_
single cause stood out.

You certainly can't justifiably blame motorists.

[1] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/55971/0015830.pdf

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Matt B

Did you fail to read the title of the post, "bike/car accidents" not
bike accidents in general. From your numbers I guess we're talking
about the 10% of accidents involving a car. I'd be interested to see
if this 10% of accidents contributes the most to the number of deaths
from cycling accidents in general.