Vorlage:Deletebecause Vorlage:Hangon Safety in numbers is the theory that by being part of a large group, an individual member is proportionally less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, or other bad event.
Examples of safety in numbers include flocks of birds and shoals of fish. In both of these instances, by being part of a large group, individuals face reduced risk of falling victim to predators than they would if operating independently.
Safety in numbers is also used to describe the observed factVorlage:Fact that higher numbers of cyclists using the roads in a given area improves their safety (perhaps by increasing the "awareness" of motor vehicle drivers). While at least one study claims to have shown that the former causes the latter[1], that study did not use data collection methods which would properly allow a causal relationship to be established[2]. When the Congestion Charge was introduced in London the number of cyclists approximately doubled, but the number of fatalities stayed the sameVorlage:Fact. Similar results have been observed in other areas where cycling numbers have increased significantlyVorlage:Fact.
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