Show death rate among boys increased bluee of bicycles Bicycle new york the death rate among boys as a result of collisions between bicycles and automobiles has doubled within the past three thre L baars s statistics of the metropolitan life insurance company tor for its industrial policy holders show in 1935 the death rate from this cause among boys from ten to fourteen years was per million while in 1937 it was for the age group from fifteen to nineteen the rate rose from 20 per million in 1935 to in 1937 the increase chiefly in the ages between thirteen and sixteen years is due to increased numbers of boys at this age bicycling on the highways most effective way to prevent these accidents would be the provision of more cycling paths the life insurance companas comp anys health authorities point out other preventative measures suggested are laws strictly enforced requiring bicycles to carry lights at night and education of adolescent boys to the dangers of cycling on the highways |