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January 2005
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Bicycle / Pedacyclist Safety - Traffic Safety Facts 2003
The first automobile crash in the United States occurred in New York City in 1896, when a motor vehicle collided with a pedalcycle rider (Famous First Facts, by Joseph Kane).
More than 49,000 pedalcyclists have died in traffic crashes in the United States since 1932 — the first year in which estimates of pedalcyclist fatalities were recorded. The 350 pedalcyclists killed in 1932 accounted for 1.3 percent of the 27,979 persons who died in traffic crashes that year. In 2003, 622 pedalcyclists were killed and an additional 46,000 were injured in traffic crashes. Pedalcyclist deaths accounted for 1 percent of all traffic fatalities, and pedalcyclists made up 2 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes during the year.
The number of pedalcyclist fatalities in 2003 was 24 percent lower than the 816 fatalities reported in 1993. The highest number of pedalcyclist fatalities ever recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was 1,003 in 1975.
Pedalcyclists accounted for 11 percent of all nonmotorist traffic fatalities in 2003. Pedestrians accounted for 86 percent, and the remaining 3 percent were skateboard riders, roller skaters, etc.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
- Beta Testing of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool
- Literature Review
on Vehicle Travel
Speeds and Pedestrian Injuries - Pedestrian Safety 2003
- Bicycle Safety 2003
- Pedestrian Roadway Fatalities
- Electronic Accident Forms Boost Reporting Efficiency; Data Can Be Linked With Records Systems
- Children Safety 2003
- Traffic Safety Facts 2003 - Complete Guide
- NAPARS: Chuck Pembleton Steps Down as President
- ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2005
- $200 discount on the CDR System Kit
- ARC Network New Members
- Accident
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