Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists

Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists

LA Times
By Armand Emamdjomeh, Laura J. Nelson and Joseph Serna contact the reporters

Nov 29, 2014

[…] Hit-and-run collisions involving bicyclists surged 42% from 2002 to 2012 in Los Angeles County, according to a Times analysis of California Highway Patrol crash data. […] Between 2002 and 2012, the most recent data available, more than 5,600 cyclists were injured and at least 36 died in crashes in which drivers fled the scene. […]