FOI Reported road traffic accidents involving pedal cyclists in 2022 (0805-2022/23)

Request

Q1. The number of reported road traffic accidents involving pedal cyclists (slight, serious and fatal combined) per month in 2022
Q2. Any peak locations for accidents involving pedal cyclists in 2022, and the number of incidents reported at this location (again, just in 2022)
Q3. The total number of reported road traffic accidents involving pedal cyclists (slight, serious and fatal combined) per year for 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019

 

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Q1. Please see the table below which shows the number of incidents involving cyclists reported to North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, broken down by month.

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
18	22	18	15	20	19	27	20	17	19	14	9

 

Q2. Most Incidents happened on unnumbered roads however where they occurred on numbered roads, the below are the most common;

A1036 – 16

A19 – 9

A59 – 6

 

Q3. Please see the table below which shows the number of incidents involving cyclists reported to North Yorkshire Police from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022, broken down by year.

2019	2020	2021	2022
308	300	253	218

 

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