This study investigates bicycle fatalites in Western Europe and the United States during the period 1975-1989. The specific objectives were to: (1) Show quantitatively the changes in demographic characteristics, such as population and population density, as experienced by each of the eleven Western European countries, by these countries as a whole, and by the United States between 1975 and 1989; (2) Identify the changes in bicycle fatalities and fatality rates (fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants) between 1975 and 1989; (3) Identify those age groups that were most frequently endangered in fatal bicycle accidents; and (4) Determine whether there were statistically significant changes during the 1975-1989 time period in the fatal bicycle accident characteristics studied.
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