Posts tagged bicycle accident

• Springs Means Bikes Out on the Road

  Mike Bryant | April 23, 2012 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last years studies showed that, while overall road deaths have dropped in Minnesota, death by bicycle riders has grown at an alarming rate. The staff at the Injuryboard has looked at the...

• Driving While Distracted? It Causes Deaths.

  Mike Bryant | August 18, 2011 9:52 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Minnesota road death numbers for 2010 continue to be dissected. The hope is that the more we learn the less deaths there will be in the future. One area that has to be looked at is driver...

• Higher Gas Prices Might be Saving Lives

  Mike Bryant | May 06, 2011 9:43 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Insurance Journal had a very interesting study from the Mississippi State’s Social Science Research Center. The finds included: gas prices have both short-term and intermediate-term...

• Minneapolis Numbers Show More Bike Riders and Less Collisions

  Mike Bryant | March 31, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Very interesting study from the City of Minneapolis. There are many more year 'round bicycle riders and at the same time there has been a reduction in the number of bike/automobile collisions. This...

• There Is Snow and It's Cold: But There Are Still Bikes on the Road

  Mike Bryant | February 18, 2011 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Maybe because Minneapolis is the most bike friendly city or maybe it's just the die hards, but it's clear that even with the mountains of snow we have here in the state this year, there are still a...

• Official Numbers For 2009 : Too Many Pedestrians and Bicyclists Being Killed On The Roads

  Mike Bryant | July 01, 2010 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Despite the historically low numbers for overall Minnesota highway deaths, the numbers of pedestrians killed went up and bicycle riders went down slightly. For pedestrians there was a 3% increase in...

• This Weeks Three Bicyclist Collisions Should Remind Us Of The Need For A Good Look Out

  Mike Bryant | May 30, 2010 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two teenager were hit by vehicles as they road along the roads of Fargo/Moorhead this past week. In both cases, there were issues of look out. In one of the incidents the bikes back tire was...

• National Bike to Work Day

  Mike Bryant | May 20, 2010 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tomorrow, is Bike to Work Day. Going back to the 70's the significance of the day has varied. It is interesting to see how the economy and in particular the price of gas has increased the interest...

• The Bike-Friendliest City? Minneapolis

  Mike Bryant | April 07, 2010 9:10 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Move over Portland, Ore. Minneapolis has now taken over as the bike-friendliest city. That is the word from todays Bicycling magazine. What did it? A combination of the increased number of bike...

• Bicyclist Killed In Blaine

  Mike Bryant | October 31, 2009 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Friday night, a bicyclist died after a car-bicycle collision. The bicyclist was at the intersection of County Road 10 and Jefferson Street. Blaine police are investigating, along with Anoka County...