1,400 cyclists hospitalised in crashes in one year

'Culture change' is needed

- EOGHAN MURPHY

ALMOST 1,400 people were hospitalised as a result of cycling crashes last year.

According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 367 of those injured cyclists were under the age of 19.

The figures, obtained by the Irish Mirror also reveal how 80 were aged over 70. They had inpatient admissions in HSE hospitals.

Keen cyclist Ciaran Cannon was knocked off his bike by an SUV at Moycullen, Co Galway, in July 2021.

He was flung on to the bonnet of the vehicle before crashing on to the road. The Fine Gael TD got a bad knee injury and was laid up for four months.

Deputy Cannon says the new figures are “deeply disturbing”.