To put this in context, the British Medical Association state in its Healthy Transport = Healthy Lives report that “In spite of the harms cyclists face in terms of safety and exposure to air pollution, a number of studies have found that the health benefits of cycling, such as improved quality of life, weight control, and protecting against major chronic diseases, greatly outweigh these risks, by up to a factor of 20 to 1.”
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Going by the 70% of hospitalisations, coming from only 30% of the treatments (most of which are minor thus not requiring hospitalisation), it looks like non-collision incidents are huge, but survivable.
(The pedant in me wants to point out that there will always be a collision, if only with the ground, otherwise where is the mechanism for injury?)
A priori I'd be happy with the assumption that low energy impacts cause less severe injuries than high energy impacts, which brings me back to the "keep the dangerous heavy machinery away from squishy things" point...
Robert
Posted 7 years ago # -
Which I'll happily agree on.... ;)
Posted 7 years ago # -
Great. Can we go back to bragging about crashes now?
Posted 7 years ago # -
"(The pedant in me wants to point out that there will always be a collision, if only with the ground, otherwise where is the mechanism for injury?)"
Having seen someone chin themselves on a metal goalpost (albeit on a small motorbike, not a pedal cycle) before landing without further injury on the soft, grassy ground I must request you re-phrase yourself.
Posted 7 years ago # -
@Wingpig - Collision with stationary object is recorded separately from non-collision injury, so I'm assuming that non-collision injuries are thus road rash, broken collar bone (classic fall onto an outstretched hand injury - "FOOSH" to the medics), etc. Hence the injury caused by colliding with (and sliding along) the ground!
Robert
(who has had his fair share of superman moments)Posted 7 years ago # -
On crashes - there is one absolute truism for my commute, which is that every year, almost without fail, I will look at the weather and lazily decide I can do without the studded tyres for another week........inevitable consequence is a fall.
My best one was MTB in the Cairngorms - overshot a corner and fell sideways into a bog - came out with everything except my left shoe :-)
Posted 7 years ago # -
Baldycyclist: "Minor includes falling off bike in kitchen"
Care to elaborate?
Posted 7 years ago # -
Lots and lots of cyclists going both ways on Broomhouse path last night.
As busy as I can remember at this time of year.
On the weather front, frost out toward Edinburgh Park this morning.
Brrrrrrrr......
Posted 7 years ago # -
I was similarly heartened to encounter more cyclists in the dark as I went home to Fife on Monday night. Probably more than in the previous week. If it holds up it will be the busiest winter yet.
Posted 7 years ago # -
"If it holds up"
Depends how hardy the Fifers are. (And how much they have suitable equipment and clothing.)
Posted 7 years ago # -
To use a good Scottish word, I saw 'hunners' on my way in from Dunf this morning going in both directions along the whole route into Edinburgh. All different 'types' of rider too, not just the hardcore I usually see in the winter. Good to see the cold weather isn't putting folk off.
Posted 7 years ago # -
"Depends how hardy the Fifers are. "
It's the "Edinburgers" that I encounter - I overtake/am overtaken rarely on my commute, so no idea of actual "Fifer" numbers
Posted 7 years ago # -
The bike box for the right turn into Torpichen Place was full beyond capacity this morning, then I counted 11 cyclists (including me & I think only 2 from the original set at Torpichen) waiting for the red light at Morrison St / Lothian Road. Full spectrum from pootlers in office clothes to racers in lycra. Lovely!
Posted 5 years ago # -
@alps There were six or seven (at least in my forward field of view) going from Haymarket Terrace to the West Maitland Street advanced stop box, but that was plenty to prevent any taxis trying to whoosh past to the red light. Unfortunately there was at least one racing-turnip who went onto the footway on Torphichen Street rather than wait a couple of seconds to get around a parked car on its right.
Posted 5 years ago # -
42 encountered between Haymarket and Saughton House this morning, going on Quiet Route 8. That includes meeting and being overtaken (don't think I overtook anyone).
Posted 5 years ago # -
last Monday I encountered 61 pedalists from start to end of Innocent. A new record, previous high was 60 last summer.
I was going to post it but got knocked off less than 60secs after leaving the bike path, so it slipped my mind.
more, we need more.
Posted 5 years ago # -
i was in a group of 4 women this morning, crossing north bridge. all of us in a variety of get up.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Cycling up 5% in London.
"2018 saw the highest growth in kilometers cycled since monitoring began, increasing almost 5% from the previous year. This is according to new statistics revealed by Transport for London."
Posted 4 years ago # -
Edinburgh’s most influential citizen has been co-opted by the cycle lobby.
https://twitter.com/NewTownFlaneur/status/1307354909642313730
Posted 3 years ago # -
Cars back in vogue in the UK after a brief flirtation with bicycles last year.
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The 26% slump in bicycle sales and related kit at Halfords comes after the retailer benefited from a bike boom last year as commuters and families switched to two wheels as a way to exercise and get about without using public transport.
Halfords results marked a switch back to cars a year on from the UK-wide lockdown, with sales of motoring kit up 48% in stores, while the group’s 374 garages experienced a near 44% uptick in trade. Those figures contributed to an overall 10.5% rise in sales for the group.
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Posted 2 years ago # -
I wonder how much of the slump is caused by supply chain problems. Most bike shops seem to be struggling to stock many key items.
Posted 2 years ago #
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