Four cyclists a day attend hospital over road accidents

2,700 cyclists attended hospital with injuries received in road accidents in Ireland in 2015 and 2016. That’s nearly four a day, according to figures released by the HSE.

Four cyclists a day attend hospital over road accidents

Of this figure, 298 were treated at children’s hospitals. Some 160 cyclists were discharged from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and 138 were recorded at Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

1,188 of the cases over the two-year period were recorded in hospitals across Dublin, while Cork University Hospital recorded the largest number of such admissions of any single hospital.

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