Published: May 07, 2019
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says severity of injuries among cyclists increases with age
About 38 cyclists die in crashes every year, and the majority of those killed are men and those aged 45 and above, data published on Wednesday shows.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare collated cycling death and injury data over the 17 years to 2016. It found that while the death rate remained fairly stable over that time, the age at which injured cyclists died changed noticeably. There were a total of 651 deaths and 160,000 hospitalisations during that period.
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