Dutch Bicycle Accident Statistics
Cycling is a common mode of transport in the netherlands with 36 of the people listing the bicycle as their most frequent mode of transport on a typical day as opposed to the car by 45 and public transport by 11.
Dutch bicycle accident statistics. In cities this is even higher such as amsterdam which has 38 and zwolle 46. Over the past two decades the number of road fatalities among motorists and cyclists decreased in almost all age categories except for cyclists over the age of 70. In 2016 there were 4 5 billion bicycle trips spanning a distance of 15 5 billion kms. For these and other data see cycling facts from the netherlands institute for transport policy analysis kim.
Bicycle fatalities in 2016 were the netherlands 19 denmark 15 and germany 12. In 2017 there were 16 fewer traffic accident related deaths than. A total of 206 cyclists and 201 motorists. For the first time more cyclists than motorists died in traffic accidents in the netherlands in 2017 statistics netherlands reported on wednesday.
In this age group the. Cycling has a modal share of 27 of all trips urban and rural nationwide. There are 17 million inhabitants and 23 million bicycles. Bicycle use measured in kilometres was 12 higher in 2016 than in 2005.