NHTSA encourages bicycling as an alternative mode of
transportation to motor vehicle travel and encourages the
adoption of mutual respect between motorists and bicyclists to
enhance safety for all road users, including bicyclists.
Bicycles on the roadway are, by law, vehicles with the same
rights, and responsibilities as motorized vehicles. Our bicycle
safety programs focus on the behaviors of bicyclists and
motorists towards bicyclists to reduce bicycle injuries and
fatalities on our nation’s roadways. Become a bicycle Roll
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Bicyclists and Other Cyclists [June 2012] The 618 pedalcyclist
deaths in 2010 accounted for 2 percent of all traffic fatalities
during the year. Traffic Safety Facts - Children [July 2012]
52,000 pedalcyclists were injured in motor vehicle traffic
crashes in 2010; 18% (or about 9,000) of the pedalcyclists who
were injured were age 14 and younger. - Bicycle helmet laws have
proved effective in increasing bicycle helmet use. - Each