Timeline for Figures on accidents involving cyclists where motorists are using cell/mobile phones
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| Jul 3, 2014 at 1:55 | comment | added | mattnz | In the UK you rode on the left, in Sweden, you ride on the right. If a majority of drivers are phone users, you would expect a majority of near misses will involve phone using motorists. You may have a bias (possibly subcontious) against phone using motorists (I know I do) distorting your image of realality. All this is probably more causative to increased near miss rates than just motorists using cell phones. | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 1:37 | answer | added | Aushiker | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 7, 2014 at 15:53 | comment | added | armb | rospa.com/roadsafety/info/mobile_phone_report.pdf has some references, as does en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…, but nothing that would let you pick out specifically cyclists. And I doubt you'll find the UK ban significantly reducing accidents, because so many drivers ignore the law. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 9:29 | comment | added | PeteH | If you come up with anything, perhaps you could write a blog post and share with us? | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 8:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/455983065199034368 | ||
| Apr 14, 2014 at 22:01 | comment | added | Móż | This answer links to a bunch of different stats which might give you a start. | |
| Apr 14, 2014 at 21:26 | comment | added | Batman | I'd be surprised if these statistics are available with any decent level of accuracy (they are likely lumped into some other pedestrian fatality numbers or something). Also, comparing the statistics in a good manner is difficult given the type of roads, lighting and other factors that go into the accident rate is difficult (especially in different countries - the accident rate in Russia, for example, is not comparable with that of the UK due to the vastly different road rules (in practice)). | |
| Apr 14, 2014 at 19:27 | history | asked | rg255 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |