In the Netherlands, bicyclists were always second place in deaths just behind people in cars. Most accidents which causes death are between a car and a bicycle. When the e-bike got trendy. We’ve seen a big spike in bicycle deaths in 2023 causing it to be the nr 1 cause of death in traffic. The Fat-bike is a big problem here. Its trendy among kids and realy easy to disable speed limiters. Percentage wise I couldn’t find anything this fast but it does look like people in cars just don’t see them or pay attention to them as the drive faster. I think cameras checking the surroundings is the best hope in getting those numbers down.
In the Netherlands, bicyclists were always second place in deaths just behind people in cars. Most accidents which causes death are between a car and a bicycle. When the e-bike got trendy. We’ve seen a big spike in bicycle deaths in 2023 causing it to be the nr 1 cause of death in traffic. The Fat-bike is a big problem here. Its trendy among kids and realy easy to disable speed limiters. Percentage wise I couldn’t find anything this fast but it does look like people in cars just don’t see them or pay attention to them as the drive faster. I think cameras checking the surroundings is the best hope in getting those numbers down.
This is really sad, I don’t want to drive a tin can of death just so I am more protected from others driving tin cans of death :(
At least I don’t drive e-bike and use bike lanes ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯