NOTES: A
pedalcyclist is a person on a vehicle that is powered solely by
pedals. A minor injury is one in which the victim was treated and
released. A serious injury is one in which the victim was
either hospitalized or treated and transferred to another facility. Data
are the share of injuries that were serious for one person type
(e.g., the share of seriously injured pedestrians of all injured
pedestrians).
SOURCE: U.S.
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
calculations based on data from U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance (NEISS) System,
available at http://www.cpsc.gov/Neiss/oracle.html, as of June
2003.
