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  • Stats: London cyclists seriously injured up 14%

    From Spike@aero.spike@mail.com to uk.rec.cycling on Wed Feb 11 19:10:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.cycling

    rCLLack of action means more people killed cyclingrCY: Campaigners demand change as latest stats show cyclists seriously injured in London up 14%

    [Note the swerve from rCykilledrCO to rCyseriously injuredrCO]

    The rise in dockless e-bike usage has been attributed to the rise in
    injuries but TfL say itrCOs too early to draw conclusions

    by CALLUM DEVEREUX
    UPDATED WED, FEB 11, 2026 15:41

    Serious injuries to cyclists in London are at their highest since records began, according to new data, as the risk of serious injury whilst cycling
    has also increased.

    The latest statistics, initially presented privately to a Transport for
    London safety panel, also show a significant increase in the number of
    injuries sustained whilst riding hire bikes in the city as their popularity
    has surged.

    TfL say rCLit is still too early to make any firm conclusions based on this provisional data,rCY as reported by The Standard.

    In analysing these statistics, there is a risk of drawing conclusions from
    a narrow portion of data. In particular, the rise in the number of people seriously injured whilst cycling can be attributed to the large rise in the number of people cycling in London.

    rCLLondonrCOs cycling boom shows no sign of slowingrCY: Daily bicycle journeys
    up 43% on pre-Covid levels as Transport for London hails the impact of high-quality cycle lanes

    [Full story at] <https://road.cc/news/lack-of-action-means-more-people-killed-cycling-campaigners-demand-change-as-latest-stats-show-cyclists-seriously-injured-in-london-up-14>

    [But, if one scrolls down to the rCyCycling riskrCO graph, itrCOs patently obvious that risk levels for cyclists have remained flat since 2010, apart
    from a lack of data for the three years of the Covid pandemic (did cycling
    stop for those three years??)]

    [And note that in that article, the following is linked:]

    rCLLondonrCOs cycling boom shows no sign of slowingrCY: Daily bicycle journeys up
    43% on pre-Covid levels as Transport for London hails the impact of high-quality cycle lanesrCY

    [So cycling in London is up 43% and casualties are up 14%]
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    Spike
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