Road Bike Vs Mountain Bike Deaths

We do both about equally while dabbing in a few road or mountain bike events and races throughout the year.

Road bike vs mountain bike deaths. Road biking is probably safer right. Road deaths of cyclists is around a 100 each year 111 in 2010. Unfortunately street and mountain bicycling injuries can be severe and even fatal. Okay okay we admit it modern cross country mountain bikes might not actually be boring despite what we previously claimed.

It s the deaths on the roads that i hear about that make it seem much more dangerous than mountain biking. Mountain biking safety after my crash. 8 in british columbia major trauma related to street cycling occurs at an annual incidence of 49 8 per 100 000 2 9 of all trauma admissions with most deaths occurring. Is one really safer.

Global mountain bike network 2 985 197 views. I kept thinking about road vs. A report by the australian automobile association aaa shows there were 1 222 deaths on the road in 2017 18 and for the first time all states are on track to miss the national road safety. We are a road and mountain bike family.

Mtb vs road bike challenge duration. Although i ve got a road bike i m too nervous to put many miles on it. But although it was on a mountain bike and jumping so probably meets most definitions it was in an urban setting. Yeah you might get a scrape gash broken bone here or there on the mountain bike but avalanches and cars will kill you.