Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bicycle (1) accidents, and (2) deaths, were recorded for each of the last five years.
The number of 1) accidents involving pedal cycles and 2) pedal cyclist fatalities in reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain for the last five years for which data is available are shown in the table.
Year | Accidents involving at least one pedal cycle | Pedal cyclist fatalities |
2016 | 18,743 | 102 |
2017 | 18,651 | 101 |
2018 | 17,820 | 99 |
2019 | 17,148 | 100 |
2020 | 16,455 | 141 |