How dangerous is biking?

I just found out a good friend's sister was killed training for a Triathelon. She was biking in the morning and hit by an SUV. One of our Oregon swimmers was similarly killed earlier this year. Every time I read about a Triathlete it seems somewhere in the story they had to spend a year recovering from when they were hit by a car. Is this as common as it seems? I don't know what we can do,but it seems we should do something. Last summer, mid august, a cyclist got killed hit by... an other cyclist. A good friend of mine was leading a pace line over 40kmh on a Formula1 race track (that's where we do our intervals), when a cyclist engaged on the track without looking first. My friend hit him, the guy didn't wear a helmet. Head knocked the ground and he died right there. Cycling is probably by far the most dangerous thing cyclists do.

I just found out a good friend's sister was killed training for a Triathelon. She was biking in the morning and hit by an SUV. One of our Oregon swimmers was similarly killed earlier this year. Every time I read about a Triathlete it seems somewhere in the story they had to spend a year recovering from when they were hit by a car. Is this as common as it seems? I don't know what we can do,but it seems we should do something. Last summer, mid august, a cyclist got killed hit by... an other cyclist. A good friend of mine was leading a pace line over 40kmh on a Formula1 race track (that's where we do our intervals), when a cyclist engaged on the track without looking first. My friend hit him, the guy didn't wear a helmet. Head knocked the ground and he died right there. Cycling is probably by far the most dangerous thing cyclists do.