Report your cycle or motor bike accident
It is important that you insist on police
taking a report of your accident, even if they try to say
you don't need to report it because insurance details have
been provided, or your injuries are 'minor'.
If your accident goes unreported, it contributes
to the vast under-reporting of all road traffic incidents
that goes on. The consequences of this are, amongst other
things, that insufficient attention will be paid to cycling
safety and the difficulties that cyclists face on the road.
Did you know that cycle casualties are
the worst reported of all modes of accident on the roads?
A 1996 Transport Research Laboratory study Comparison of Hospital
and Police Casualty Data estimated that 8/10 potentially reportable
cycle casualties may be missing from police data" [Roadpeace
Safety First, Issue 11, Winter 2002].
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