{"id":659416,"date":"2026-05-10T03:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659416\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T03:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:02:16","slug":"cycling-fatalities-skew-male-but-not-in-every-state-cycling-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659416\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling Fatalities Skew Male\u2014But Not in Every State – Cycling West"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Charles Pekow \u2014 Men die in cycling crashes at far higher rates than women\u2014a pattern that holds across most of the United States. A five-year study by the Bicycle Accident Lawyers Group, an Arizona-based firm that represents injured cyclists, found the national male fatality rate is 74 percent higher. But in 13 states, the trend flips\u2014sometimes dramatically.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Even a slight reduction in cyclist deaths is welcome. One less death means one less ghost bike. Photo by Philip Chapman-Bell, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHAREALIKE 2.0 GENERIC<\/p>\n

In Idaho, women were 60 percent more likely to die in cycling crashes. Montana showed a gap of about 47 percent, and Utah 18 percent. The contrast with neighboring states is striking: in Colorado and Nevada, men were 170 percent and 160 percent more likely to be killed, respectively. In smaller states, however, limited data may make firm conclusions difficult.<\/p>\n

States with higher female fatality rates span both rural and urban areas. Only Florida and California reported more female cycling deaths than Arizona, which ranked second nationally in per-capita deaths among women. Arizona also ranked third for male cyclist fatalities.<\/p>\n

The firm urges planners to account for gender differences when designing safety programs and education efforts. The data come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration\u2019s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.<\/p>\n

The full report is not available online, but the firm maintains a database of bicycle crashes at https:\/\/bicycleaccidentlawyers.com\/bicycle-accident-statistics\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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