96 bicycle riders have been killed on Victorian roads in the last ten years – an average of nine each year.
In the last five years, 55 bicycle riders have been killed on Victorian roads – an average of 11 each year.
In the last five years, bicycle riders killed on Victorian roads were:
- Male (82%)
- Aged 50+ (49%)
- On Metro roads (56%)
- Killed in same direction crashes (40%) or crashes at intersections (22%)
- Most same direction crashes are “rear enders”
- Metro rear end crashes occur on 60km/h or less roads
- Rural rear end crashes occur on 80+km/h roads
- 49% occur on roads with a speed limit of 60km/h or less
- 29% occur on roads with a speed limit of 100km/h or more