The road to a safe environment for cyclists
The tragic death of the 28 year-old Francesca Quaglia is just one the latest examples of the dangers that cyclists face every day in Milano. Rather than being an isolated event, the accident illustrates an increasing trend in traffic death involving cyclists in recent years. Since the start of the year already five cyclists have died in Milano alone. Comparative data from the EU Road accidents database from 2021 suggests that while road fatalities are generally going down in Italy, like elsewhere in the EU, the composition of traffic fatalities has changed. While the share of pedestrians killed has steadily decreased, the number of traffic death among cyclists has increased rapidly.