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We all remember the thrill of getting our first bicycle as a child, and the new freedom it gave us. This year, more than 100 million Americans will go for a bicycle ride, and continue to enjoy the thrill as they pedal along with their families, commute to work by bicycle, or just ride around town.
Each year, more American's take to the road on bicycles than ever before. Ten million more Americans ride bicycles today than rode in 1991 -- a ten percent increase in just the past six years. Five million workers ride their bicycles to work -- and twelve million more say they would if there were adequate bicycle facilities available.
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- Between 1986 and 1995, an total of 108 bicyclists (11 per year) were struck and killed by motor vehicles in Tennessee. And for every bicyclist killed by a car, another 88 suffer injuries -- for a total of 950 bicyclists injured by cars each year in Tennessee.
- A significant number (80 percent) of all bicyclists killed by cars in Tennessee are killed in their neighborhoods, on local roads, collectors streets, and minor arterials.
- Many children are also injured; for every child on a bike who is killed by a car another 100 are injured, for a total of 700 children injured by cars while bicycling in Tennessee each year.
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