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The first automobile crash in the United States occurred in New York City in 1896, when a motor vehicle collided with a pedalcycle rider. More than 49,000 pedalcyclists have died in traffic crashes in the United States since 1932 — the first year in which estimates of pedalcyclist fatalities were recorded. The 350 pedalcyclists killed in 1932 accounted for 1.3 percent of the 27,979 persons who died in traffic crashes that year.

In 2005, 784 pedalcyclists were killed and an additional 45,000 were injured in traffic crashes. Pedalcyclist deaths accounted for 2 percent of all traffic fatalities, and pedalcyclists made up 2 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes during the year.

Most of the pedalcyclists killed or injured in 2005 were males (87% and 80%, respectively), and most were between the ages of 5 and 44 years (57% and 72%, respectively).

In 2005, the pedalcyclist fatality rate per capita was almost 7 times higher for males than for females, and the injury rate per capita was more than 4 times higher for males.