It's Very Easy

getting killed on a bicycle, and according to this post, it's the driver's fault in 70 percent of the accidents.

Original report from one city is here:

“It’s clear looking at this data there is room for improvement for both motorists and bicyclists,” Fort Collins Traffic Engineer Joe Olson said. “Everyone has accountability for making everyone safe.”

Olson and his staff spent about a month’s time compiling the data categorizing bike and car crashes by poring through Fort Collins police crash reports from Jan. 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009. Less detailed statistics also were compiled for reports since 2000, categorizing crashes by noninjury, injury and fatalities.

Reported bike crashes have steadily increased in Fort Collins since 2003, and the most common type of collision reported by far since 2007 is when bicyclists are traveling against traffic and end up in a broadside collision with a car.

The inaugural compilation of the data also revealed that broadside collisions account for more than half of the 25 fatal or severe injury crashes reported since 2007.