Oct 10, 2007

Cycling is safer than you might believe...

Cycling advocates' favorite comparison of cycling's collision risks.
Activity Fatalities per million hours activity
Skydiving 128.7
On-road motorcycling 8.8
Scuba diving 2.0
Living (all causes of death) 1.5
Snowmobiling 0.9
Passenger cars 0.5
Water skiing 0.3
Bicycling 0.3
Flying (scheduled domestic airlines) 0.2
Passenger car post-collision fire 0.0
From Charles R. Murray, "The Real Story: Overdesign Prevents Cars from Exploding," Design News,