53%
Increase in cycling miles in UK 2015-19 to 2020
1
5.3 million
People in England cycle three or more times each week
2
61%
Of people in Britain regard cycling on roads as “too dangerous”
3
3,345
Cycling collisions in Oxford since 2000
4
In Great Britain motor traffic dropped by about a fifth compared with the previous five-year time period, but cycling rose by over half. In England the number of people cycling three or more times in a week rose from 3.7 million in 2015-19 to 5.3 million in 2020.
However 62% of people in Britain regard cycling on roads as “too dangerous” and in 2020 in Oxford alone there were 3,345 collisions involving a bike and another road user.
Sources
- Government data displayed on cyclinguk.org website
- Government data displayed on cyclinguk.org website
- Dept For Transport (National Travel Attitudes Study: 2019
- 4. Cyclestreets.net Journey Planner data, reported in The Oxford Mail