If I were looking for information like this the first place I'd be inclined to start would be with John Forester. You can begin at http://www.johnforester.com/Articles/Facilities/Pucher%20Revs.htm and then look at his bibliography. There should be references to the stats you're looking for someplace there.
On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:34:24 PM UTC-5, bo richardson wrote: > > I wrote an article for the Bellingham Herald about who pays for roads and > that Chuckanut Drive was built for > bicycles and wagons and not for cars. > > In the article I cited an old statistic that ninety percent of all cycling > crashes happen in the first two years of cycling. > I have been quoting the statistic for years and cant remember where I > picked it up. > I got called on it and the closest I could come to backing it up was that > novices crash at a rate of five times > that of experienced cyclists in spite of novices almost never riding in > bad weather or at night or other > dangerous times. > > Can anyone help me out or correct me on this point of fact? > > Thanks > > Bo Richardson > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
