Let’s take New York City, for example. It’s got more e-bike usage than anywhere else in the US, and there are still only an average of two pedestrians per year killed by an e-bike accident. That number for cars? Around 100 per year in NYC. It’s not complicated math – cars are 50x more lethal in the city.
I have no doubt that ebikes are less dangerous, but this data doesn’t do much to prove that point.
Death per distance traveled shouldn’t be use on thing that usually travel short distance though, because pedestrian death is the highest if measured this way, making the impression that walking is dangerous.
I have no doubt that ebikes are less dangerous, but this data doesn’t do much to prove that point.
You have to do deaths per vehicle on the road. Raw data is useless for making any sort of comparison.
Probably deaths per distance traveled rather than vehicle count.
Yeah, I think both metrics are valuable. Also the ratio of incidents where pedestrians did/didn’t die might be useful.
Death per distance traveled shouldn’t be use on thing that usually travel short distance though, because pedestrian death is the highest if measured this way, making the impression that walking is dangerous.