{"id":15509,"date":"2026-05-28T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edrivingcomstg.wpenginepowered.com\/three60\/?p=15509"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:07:46","slug":"new-survey-aims-to-understand-challenges-faced-by-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/new-survey-aims-to-understand-challenges-faced-by-cyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"New survey aims to understand challenges faced by cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has published a new report highlighting the scale and nature of serious injuries sustained by cyclists on Irish roads.<\/p>\n

To coincide with the report the organization has also launched a national survey aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the circumstances of cyclist injury collisions.<\/p>\n

Published during Bike Week, the\u00a0RSA\u2019s Serious Injuries Among Cyclists report<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>examines the characteristics and trends associated with serious cyclist injuries in Ireland using both An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na collision data and hospital admissions data.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0found that between 2021 and 2025, An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na recorded 1,324 cyclists as seriously injured following road traffic collisions. Men accounted for 78% of those injured, while women accounted for 22%. More than half (52%) of all serious cyclist injuries occurred in Dublin.<\/p>\n

The highest number of serious injuries was recorded in 2021, when 314 cyclists were seriously injured.<\/p>\n

However, hospital data reveals that between 2020 and 2024, 3,305 pedal cyclists were admitted to hospital with injuries following road traffic collisions – significantly higher than the number of serious injuries recorded by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na over a similar period.<\/p>\n

According to the report, several factors may explain this discrepancy, including incidents not being reported to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na or differences in how injuries are classified.<\/p>\n

The RSA said the hospital data provided important insight into the scale and severity of cyclist injuries, but didn\u2019t provide information about the circumstances surrounding collisions or how those injuries occurred.<\/p>\n

The organization hopes its national survey will help to better understand the contributory factors and circumstances surrounding cycling collisions and injuries on Irish roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis survey will help us better understand the experiences of cyclists, the circumstances surrounding collisions and injuries, and the challenges cyclists face every day, said Michael Rowland, Director of the RSA.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy complementing the existing data we have on collisions and injuries, with the survey findings, we can develop a much fuller understanding of cyclist safety in Ireland and help inform future road safety measures, policy and education initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has published a new report highlighting the scale and nature of serious injuries sustained by cyclists on Irish roads. To coincide with the report the organization has also launched a national survey aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the circumstances of cyclist injury collisions. Published during Bike Week, the\u00a0RSA\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}