Road safety statistics and cycling. ∞
An interesting piece by John Morrison on the Guardian’s Bike blog which starts off brilliantly…
If I told you that the busy main road near my house was safe for polar bears because there is no record of polar bear casualties on it, you would probably think my reasoning was flawed. Yet this is the kind of logic we use every day to discuss road safety.
He then goes on to discuss that most road safety schemes are only enacted after there has been a recorded accident, preferably fatal!
Reminds me again of the oft used saying, “lies, damned lies, and statistics”! You can quote numbers, but they are mostly meaningless.