Non - Collision Cycling Injuries

[Basil]

Some interesting figures for non-collision injuries here.
Summary here.

It seems that we do tend to fall off a lot.

[Nuncio]

Mainly because of ice.

7. Conclusion

7.1 The study has added significantly to the understanding of non-collision cycling
incidents and highlighted the scale of their occurrence as a significant road safety
concern.

If you say so.

[Basil]

Surprised to find no reference to the Clipless Moment.

[cyclone]

Surprised to find no reference to the Clipless Moment.

Well usually that leads too lots of  but relatively little damage to ones person.......

[andygates]

Skinned elbows and such.  It's too low-speed to really damage anything.  Which is why it's a Clipless Moment and not a Clipless Menace. 

[Biggsy]

It's always what I've thought.  The biggest danger to me is me.

[mattc]

Mainly because of ice.

7. Conclusion

7.1 The study has added significantly to the understanding of non-collision cycling
incidents and highlighted the scale of their occurrence as a significant road safety
concern.

If you say so.

What a ridiculous report. The findings are probably quite accurate, but the conclusions that they pull out of thin air just daft, and come pretty close to scare-mongering.

Not impressed 

[Basil]

Another missing catagory seems to be fell off "Cycling when tired and emotional".

I guess people wouldn't admit to that one.


And a catagory that I'd have to hold my hand up to:
"Injured whilst attempting to show off some skillz to offspring"
 

[border-rider]

No "fell asleep whilst pedalling and rode into a New Forest Pony" either.

Tsk. What do they know of the reality, eh ?

[tom_e]

Not a mention of alcohol either.  
My personal non-collision cycling injury rate seems to correlate quite closely with returning from the pub, for some reason. (not pissed, just not nowt either)

Two on the way home from pub trips (kerb), one on the commute (diesel on road).  I've cycled maybe 50-100 times further on commute than pub trips.

[matthew]

I have had three NCI leading to A&E.

1) Child hood pranks on gravel and a borrowed BMX. Butterfly plasters
2) Child hood accident during decent of hill with slack headset and distracted by father leaving me behind. Butterfly plasters and x-rays (Skull to thick to break)
3) Adult accident due to subsided road bouncing foot from pedal to front wheel. Bust both arms, surgery to pin left elbow.

I have had one other incident where medical attention may have been wise and that was an oil on the road at a fast corner with vehicular pressure from behind in a one way system (he had let me out a lane for my manouver).

[sas]

Read the full survey instead of the summary:
http://www.avon.nhs.uk/phnet/Avonsafe/Cycling%20Injuries/interim%20analysis%20summer%202010.pdf

Includes alcohol, clipless moments, panniers falling off, "Trick went wrong", "Trying for a quick "legover" getaway. Bike went from under me." ... and the conclusions are more muted than the summary.

[Kim]

No chainrings with a taste for human flesh?   

[tom_e]

Includes alcohol, clipless moments, panniers falling off, "Trick went wrong", "Trying for a quick "legover" getaway. Bike went from under me." ... and the conclusions are more muted than the summary.

Interesting, thanks. I've now filled in the survey too. Good to see some work on it, even if I do appear rather lonely in my stupidity then.

A bit unfortunate they've chosen to only cite a 'main cause' rather than allowing several contributing factors.  Alcohol, bike defects, fatigue, etc all tend to act in conjunction with something rather than alone.

And they missed out whether it was daylight or not.  Doh.

[fuzzy]

Tallies with numbers we were given during my cycle patrol instructor course. The figures based on LeftPondian stats indicated around 90% of falls from bikes were just that, the rider falling from the bike for various reasons- no other participants involved (pedestrains, other riders, motor vehicles, animals). They did include falls caused by road defects, rider error etc.

[mAsTa RiDaH]

None.

[Wobbly John]

When I saw the thread title, I thought "I wonder how many of them were Nutty's fettling injuries"