Cycling deaths in selected countries

Statistics from IRTAD (the OECD's International Road Traffic and Accident Database) for selected countries

	AUS	CDN	DK	F	D	I	J	NL	NZ	UK	USA
1965	129		159	952		1216	2270	425			690
1970	98	132	152	867	2094	1204	2522	512	28	390	760
1971	85	170	150	804	1950	1091	2263	549	29	440	860
1972	89	179	104	794	1976	1174	2283	558	22	386	990
1973	87	187	136	725	1740	1055	2210	509	30	350	1070
1974	78	182	107	626	1642	1056	1689	460	26	297	1040
1975	85	185	118	616	1656	918	1630	456	18	301	1003
1976	93	156	82	701	1636	815	1472	500	14	307	914
1977	101	135	113	635	1606	718	1408	500	21	318	922
1978	81	135	117	629	1595	706	1447	460	30	330	892
1979	104	128	78	670	1357	676	1307	394	15	337	932
1980	93	121	84	718	1338	688	1366	425	22	316	965
1981	94	126	87	645	1242	662	1287	356	21	317	936
1982	88	99	96	588	1261	656	1167	372	30	303	883
1983	103	112	95	584	1239	619	1245	399	19	337	839
1984	90	125	98	507	1148	558	1231	357	31	358	849
1985	83	120	101	464	931	522	1255	315	21	296	890
1986	78	107	83	477	964	470	1251	311	22	281	941
1987	79	122	87	457	860	509	1193	311	18	292	948
1988	87	125	81	437	898	480	1379	282	20	231	911
1989	98	98	94	444	967	436	1573	332	20	303	832
1990	80	106	110	437	908	477	1509	304	27	267	859
1991	58	102	68	397	925	459	1359	238	22	251	841
1992	41	75	83	379	906	465	1530	250	17	211	722
1993	45	81	69	348	821	445	1635	243	17	192	816
1994	59	86	77	339	825	437	1589	267	15	178	802
1995	48	64	77	395	751	392	1563	267	15	217	833
1996	57	61	88	317	594	414	1464	232	13	208	765
1997	52	70	65	348	679	429	1452	240	12	187	814
1998	44	76	58	318	637	368	1363	194	16	165	760
1999	40	69	59	324	662	397	1374	195	8	173	754
2000	31	40	58	270	659	401	1273	198	19	131	693
2001	46	59	56	256	635	366	1285	195	10	140	732
2002	34	63	52	223	583	326	1305	169	14	133	665
2003	26	45	47	201	616	355	1243	188	6	116	629
2004	43	58	53	179	475	322	1147	157	7	136	727
2005	41	52	41	180	575	335	1105	151	12	152	786
2006	39	73	31	181	486	311	1037	179	9	147	772
2007	41	65	54	142	425	352	989	147	12	138	701
2008	28	42	54	148	456	288	971	145	10	117	718
2009	31		25	162	462	295	933	138	8	104	630

Notes

The above statistics take no account of exposure, that is the amount of cycling taking place. For example, deaths in Australia dropped sharply after 1990 which coincides with the introduction of helmet laws that reduced cycle use. Nevertheless, from 1990 to 2009 cyclist deaths in Denmark, France and the UK (without helmet laws) fell more than in Australia (with laws).