Cycling injuries ‘three times more than official figures’
Three times more cyclists are seriously wounded in traffic accidents than the official figures record, reports Trouw. For some years, experts have questioned whether published statistics reflect all serious incidents, because they are only based on police reports rather than also including accident and emergency and ambulance data. According to Trouw, two provincial governments have asked the safety organisation VeiligheidNL to recalculate figures also including hospital and ambulance treatment after traffic accidents. In Friesland, the number of cyclist accidents rose... More >