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B.1.4. Age of Collision Involved Parties Thirty-three percent of bicycle collisions involved bicyclists aged 20-29 followed by 17 percent of collisions involving bicyclists aged 30-39, and 14 percent of collisions with bicyclists aged 10-19. Figure B-7 illustrates the age distribution of all Berkeley residents according to the 2010 US Census as well as the age distribution of people riding bicycles involved in collisions between 2001 and 2012.
Figure B-7: Age distribution of bicyclist collisions, 20012012 and all residents, 2010
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People riding bicycles aged 20-29 and 30-39 are overrepresented in bicycle collisions in Berkeley as compared to their distribution among the
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Berkeley population, which may be explained by
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higher rates of bicycling among young adults.
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