Researchers have found that there were 214 extra casualties on the streets of the capital in the six months after the bombing than would have been predicted for that time of year.

It doesn't even state whether the casualties were cyclists. They could have been assault victims for all we know. What a load of poo.

Those statistics are very interesting S&J, has global warming decreased the number of pirates or has the reduction in pirates caused global warming?

Samuri, the decline in the number of pirates has angered the Flying Spaghetti Monster (as full pirate regalia is the costume that pleases Him the most and is worn by all His followers). He has responded by using His noodly appendages to increase the average temperature of the world.

Read more here:

http://www.venganza.org/

@Sootyandjim I'm surprised there were so many bit-torrenters around at the turn of the century!

Wow, it turns out that the Daily Telegaph is more balanced than singletrackworld.

If a similar study showed that after a rail disaster some people switched from rail to cars, and there was an increase in road accidents, would you all get so excited?

It's a psychology study, about people's perception of risk versus actual risk.

There are enough anti-cycling rants in the newspapers (Times especially for some reason) without seeing them when they're not there.

The main thing that worries me about this article is that Telegraph headline writers don't know the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists, which is a very much like not knowing the difference between astronomers and astrologists.