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@article{Bl2016CircumstancesAC,
  title={Circumstances and causes of fatal cycling crashes in the Czech Republic},
  author={Michal B{\'i}l and Martina B{\'i}lov{\'a} and Martin Dobias and Richard Andr{\'a}{\vs}ik},
  journal={Traffic Injury Prevention},
  year={2016},
  volume={17},
  pages={394 - 399},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1848346}
}

A strong underestimation of natural death as a cause of cycling fatalities in the official police reports was identified and a motor vehicle hitting a cyclist from behind on a straight road section was identified as the most important pattern.

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