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<p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents in England involving (a)
at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist and (b) at least one seriously injured
pedal cyclist aged under 16 for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 is given in the tables
below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported personal injury road accidents
involving at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist: England, 2011-2013</strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,884</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported personal injury
road accidents involving at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist aged under 16:
England, 2011-2013</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the pedal cyclists who suffered
serious head injuries as a result of an accident is not available from the STATS19
data that the department collects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, information
on the medical consequences of pedal cycle casualties in road accidents in England
can be obtained from hospital inpatient data. The most recent analysis for 2001-2010
suggests that 40 per cent of pedal cycle admissions were the result of head injuries.</p><p>
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