Originally Posted by
coominya
the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia found that in 195 out of 277 crashes between cars and bicycles (just over 70 per cent) the cyclist was not at fault.
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a 2013 University of Adelaide study that examined police crash records and found drivers caused four in every five crashes between cars and bicycles.
They found that drivers were responsible for the actions preceding the incident in 87 per cent of cases.
That still leaves about 1:5 to 1:3 of the accidents being caused by the cyclists.
Defensive riding and paying attention to one's surroundings and being safe could likely prevent a few more too.
It doesn't excuse the drivers, but cyclists can't just ignore their own contribution to their own personal safety.