In article ,
David Hansen wrote:
It is irrelevant. From the point of view of a pedestrian what
matters is how likely they are to be killed by a cyclist or killed
by a motorist.

Debatable[1], but irrelevant. My curiousity still has not been sated!

Does anyone know - roughly - how many cyclists there are? Or the
relative number of journeys each mode makes?

[1] The pedestrian may want to make adjustments to their own behaviour
when they see vehicles approaching them. And others may wish to
make a cost/benifit analysis for measures to reduce the number -
the benefits are larger if you target cars (by the factor of 200
you cite); but the costs are likely also larger (because there are
- probably - more cars to fit bubble wrap to. Or whatever).

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