Bicycle Retailer:

In the June 15 print edition of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, the cover chart indicated that the number of cyclist fatalities was much higher than in actuality.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of cyclist deaths due to car accidents was 720 in 2005 and 725 in 2004; not 7,204 and 7,254 as published.

We apologize for the mistake and any alarm it may have caused. If you plan to reference those numbers for your own purposes, please use the correct numbers. We’d hate to scare off any potential cyclists.

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