Pedal-cyclists, as defined for this fact sheet, are bicyclists and other cyclists including riders of two-wheel, non-motorized vehicles, tricycles, and unicycles powered solely by pedals. A traffic crash is defined as an incident that involved one or more motor vehicles where at least one vehicle was in transport and the crash originated on a public traffic way, such as a road or highway. Crashes that occurred on private property, including parking lots and driveways, are excluded. Pedal-cyclist crashes in this fact sheet will not include bicycle wrecks that do not involve motor vehicles. In this fact sheet, the 2013 pedal-cyclist information is presented in the following order. * Overview * Environmental Characteristics * Age * Gender. In 2013, there were 743 pedal-cyclists killed and an estimated 48,000 injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Pedal-cyclist deaths accounted for 2 percent of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities and injured pedal-cyclists made up 2 percent of the people injured in traffic crashes during the year. The number of pedal-cyclists killed in 2013 is 1 percent higher than the 734 pedal-cyclists killed in 2012. The increase in 2013 is the third straight increase in pedal-cyclist fatalities, a 19-percent increase since 2010. (Author/publisher)
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