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Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Data: Bicyclists and Other Cyclists

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    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    DOT HS 813 484
  • Resource Type:
    Brief
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    Traffic Safety Facts
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Abstract:
    This fact sheet for 2021 covers bicycle crashes by age and sex; alcohol usage; crash characteristics; time of day and day of week; vehicle type and impact point; city; state; and important safety reminders. In 2021 there were 966 pedalcyclist fatalities, accounting for 2.2 percent of all traffic fatalities that year. In 2021 there was a 1.9-percent increase in pedalcyclists killed (966) from the 948 pedalcyclists killed in 2020. In 2021 an estimated 41,615 pedalcyclists were injured, a 7-percent increase from 38,886 pedalcyclists injured in 2020. In 2021 the pedalcyclist fatality rate per 100,000 people was 7 times higher for males than females. The injury rate for pedalcyclists per 100,000 people was 4 times higher for males than for females. Alcohol involvement (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] of .01 grams per deciliter [g/dL] or higher) – either for the motor vehicle driver involved in a fatal pedalcyclist crash and/or the killed pedalcyclist – was reported in 36 percent of all fatal pedalcyclist crashes in 2021. Twenty-one percent of the pedalcyclists who died in 2021 had BACs of .01 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or greater. Eighty-five percent of fatal pedalcyclist crashes in 2021 were in urban areas.
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