Bicycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries
Bicycle fatalities and serious injuries are the total numbers of bicyclists and their passengers killed on Florida’s roadways within 30 days of a crash or seriously injured due to traffic crashes on Florida’s roadways during a calendar year.
Methodology: Bicycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries
The bicycle fatalities are the total number of bicyclists and/or their passengers killed in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads within 30 days of the crash. The bicycle serious injuries are the total number of incapacitating injuries sustained by bicyclists and/or their passengers in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads.
Calculation
`"Bicycle Serious Injuries" = ∑"Bicyclist seriously injured (incapacitated) from a traffic crash"`
Reporting Periods
- Peak Hour
- Peak Period
- Daily
- Yearly
Definitions: Bicycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries
- Bicycle: A vehicle propelled solely by human power, or a motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of human power and an electric helper motor rated at 200 watts or less, including pedalcycles but excluding a vehicle with a seat height less than 26 inches from the ground when the seat is adjusted to its highest position, or a scooter or similar device.
- Number of fatalities: Total number of people killed on roadways as a direct result of a traffic crash within thirty days of the crash occurrence.
- Number of serious injuries: Total number of disabling/incapacitating injuries (such as broken bones, severed limbs, etc.) from traffic crashes that prevent the injured individuals from engaging in normal activities and that usually require hospitalization and transport to a medical facility.
- Reporting Period
- Yearly: Includes all the calendar days in a year.
Date of last refresh: 09/08/2025
SOURCES
Starting 2023: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of March 1 of the following year
For 2022: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of November 15, 2023
Prior years: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles - Traffic Crash Facts Annual Report(opens in new window)