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<p>The numbers of reported cyclist fatalities and serious injuries that have been
recorded on local roads in England for each year since 2007 where poorly maintained
roads could be considered to be a contributory factor is provided in the table.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Reported cyclist serious and fatal
injuries on local roads in England where poorly maintained roads is reported as a
contributory factor<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poor
or defective road surface </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Inadequate
or masked signs or road markings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported
Cyclist Fatalities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported
Cyclist Fatalities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p>Source: DfT STATS19 reported road casualties</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes only casualties where a police officer attended the scene
and in which a contributory factor was reported. In 2016, this related to 72% of reported
accidents that took place on local roads in England.</p><p> </p><p>By way of context,
cycling in England has increased over the time period in question, rising from 3.7
billion kilometres in 2007 to 5.0 billion kilometres in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It should
be noted that contributory factors assigned by police officers do not assign blame
for the accident to any specific road user, however they do provide some insight into
why and how road accidents occur. They give an indication of which factors the attending
officer thought contributed to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full
investigation of the incident before allocating contributory factors; they usually
use professional judgement about what they can see at the scene.</p><p> </p><p>Not
all accidents are included in the contributory factor data; only accidents where the
police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included.
A total of 72% of accidents reported to the police in 2016 on local roads in England
met these criteria although each accident can have multiple contributory factors attributed
to them.</p><p> </p>
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