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. 2010 Jun 30;118(8):1109–1116. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901747

Table 4.

Traffic deaths per age category per billion passenger kilometers by bicycle and by car in the Netherlands.a

Age category (years) Bicycle Car Ratio
< 15 4.9 0.6 8.6
15–20 5.4 7.4 0.7
20–30 4.2 4.6 0.9
30–40 3.9 2.0 2.0
40–50 6.6 1.0 6.9
50–60 9.6 1.2 7.9
60–70 18.6 1.6 11.7
70–80 117.6 7.6 15.4
> 80 139.6 8.1 17.1
Total average (all ages) 12.2 2.2 5.5
Total average (20–70 years of age) 8.2 1.9 4.3

Data from CBS (2008).

a

Estimated as age-specific and traffic mode–specific number of traffic deaths divided by amount of kilometers driven per age and traffic mode in the Netherlands for the year 2008.