Froome crash: How dangerous is cycling on the roads?

In May 2017 Tour de France winner Chris Froome escaped injury when he was "rammed on purpose" by a motorist while training in southern France. We looked at how dangerous open roads are for cyclists.

Get the data

• Department for Transport statistics: Reported casualty rates by road user type and severity, Great Britain, 2005 - 2015

Visualisation

• Line chart: Cyclist casualty rates
• Column chart: Cyclists' share of road deaths (%) in different EU countries
• Bar chart: Major injuries by road user type in Great Britain, 2015

Related repos

• Do cyclists get enough legal protection?