Bicycle Collisions, Fatalities Increasing in Boston's Suburbs

The Boston Globe crunched the numbers in a recent Massachusetts Department of Transportation report.

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October 13, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT

"As more people in Massachusetts take to the road on bicycles, the number of reported bike accidents has risen in recent years, and fatalities in Greater Boston’s suburbs have more than tripled," report Steven A. Rosenberg and Catherine Cloutier.

"Collisions involving bicycles in the Greater Boston suburban area increased by 9 percent from 2010 to 2012, while statewide the number jumped 13 percent during the same three-year period, according to a Globe analysis of accident data provided by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Nearly 70 percent of the crashes resulted in injuries."

The coverage includes an infographic showing where in the state bikers were involved in more collisions from 2010 to 2012. Of note is that the MDOT report does not include data from the city of Boston, because the city does not report crashes of any kind to the state.

FULL STORY: Bike fatalities spike in Greater Boston’s suburbs

Saturday, October 11, 2014 in The Boston Globe

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