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		iso1631 on March 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London > I'm very pro-cycling, but it would be foolish to ignore the very real and observable safety concerns that occur because of factors such as poor behaviour You'll no doubt be able to point to the statistics that back up these very real safety concerns. You could start with the number of KSI caused by cyclists compared with motor vehicles

zimpenfish on March 20, 2023 [–]

> You could start with the number of KSI caused by cyclists compared with motor vehicles

Cyclist involved KSIs, 2013-2020: 1123 (30 + 1093)

All road KSIs, 2020: 24989 (1460 + 23529) (and this was a quieter than normal year on the roads)

I make that a factor of 8 * (24989 / 1123) or 178x difference.

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