The Community Relations Manager with CAA Heather Mack highlights some stats in regards to cycling injuries and deaths in the province. She says according to MPI there’s about four cycling fatalities in Manitoba on average each year and about 143 injuries but she would suggest those numbers are actually probably a little lower than reality only because so many of these collisions happen where there’s no vehicle damage so there wouldn’t really be the same kind of reports so on average that’s what we could experience in Manitoba.  She adds that’s pretty typical for our population and geography so we’re roughly on par with Saskatchewan.

Mack says while it’s great that more people are biking since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Manitoba in mid-March, it’s important to brush up on the rules of the road and to know what your role is on the road.

Mack says it’s important to remember to wear a helmet whiling biking, ride with traffic, wearing visible clothing, and using hand signals.