Category Archives: Safety In Numbers

‘No surrender’ – the damaging, enduring legacy of the 1930s in British cycle campaigning

Posted on February 15, 2013 by aseasyasriding

The notion of providing a separate, dedicated space for people on bikes, away from motor vehicles, continues to be met with opposition of a particular form. I am not talking here about pragmatic opposition; the kind of opposition which tends … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Cyclists' Touring Club, Go Dutch, Hierarchy of Provision, History, Infrastructure, LCC, Road safety, Safety In Numbers, Shared Space, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 92 Comments

‘Safety in Numbers’ dismissed as a strategy by London Assembly report

Posted on November 21, 2012 by aseasyasriding

I’ve written extensively about the ‘Safety in Numbers’ effect before, particularly about the folly of employing it as a safety strategy, so I won’t spend too much time going over old ground. One of my main concerns about the ‘Safety … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Safety, Safety In Numbers, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign, Transport for London | 6 Comments

The ‘Safety in Numbers’ delusion refuses to die

Posted on October 9, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Having just written a fairly lengthy analysis of the problems with (and outright myths behind) the ‘Safety in Numbers’ theory, I find that the Times, under the auspices of their Cities Fit For Cycling Campaign, have just published an interview with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyclists' Touring Club, Infrastructure, Road safety, Safety In Numbers, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign | 34 Comments

Swimming with sharks – the truth about Safety In Numbers

Posted on October 3, 2012 by aseasyasriding

You knew it was dangerous. But you let people go swimming anyway. Let us imagine a situation on a holiday resort island – call it ‘Amity Island’ – which is subject to increasing numbers of shark attacks on its numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, London, Safety In Numbers, The Netherlands | 38 Comments

The pernicious logic of ‘safety in numbers’

Posted on August 22, 2012 by aseasyasriding

The recent announcement of a 13% rise [pdf] in cyclist casualties (Killed or Seriously Injured – KSIs) in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, is unfortunately only further evidence of an increasingly sharp upward trend in cycling … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Promotion, Safety In Numbers, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, Transport policy | 35 Comments

Love London, Go Dutch – Safety In Numbers?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Yesterday I wrote about a potential area of weakness in London Cycling Campaign’s Go Dutch strategy; the principal objection was that in maintaining that cyclists should still be able to choose whether or not they use the road, or cycle tracks, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Safety In Numbers, The Netherlands, Transport for London | 16 Comments

‘A very safe activity’

Posted on December 6, 2011 by aseasyasriding

David Hembrow has recently posted a piece about a family in Cambridge who are considering giving up cycling – this after a nasty incident on a roundabout, in which a van struck the mother’s bakfiets, with her baby in it. … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Cycling policy, Cycling renaissance, Infrastructure, Road safety, Safety In Numbers | 23 Comments

‘Safety In Numbers’? Or ‘Numbers from Safety’?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The CTC – among others – are quite keen on the ‘Safety In Numbers’ effect. A couple of years ago, they produced a pdf on it. It contains this graph, showing an attractive correlation between the cyclist death rate, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Cycle Superhighways, Road safety, Safety In Numbers, The Netherlands | 15 Comments