A Galway TD was one of the victims last year.
The number of people hospitalised for injuries after bike crashes increased by almost a third last year.
In 2019, 1437 people were admitted to hospitals following a cycling collision.
That number increased to 1,888 in 2020; rising by almost a third.
Of the 1,888 hospitalised - over 500 of those were children.
Galway TD Ciarán Cannon was one of those involved in a bike crash.
SUV driver collided with me last evening. Serious knee fracture, just out of surgery, long road of rehab ahead. He didn’t see me, came out of nowhere, focused on other cars, saw a gap, went for it, hit me. Those of us on bikes are here too, will we always be invisible? pic.twitter.com/Oc6soMPhLv
— Ciaran Cannon (@ciarancannon) July 3, 2021
He was hit by an SUV when cycling in Moycullen in Co. Galway.
"My knee has been very very seriously injured," the TD said.
"I'm looking at about a year to a year and half of a slow recovery."
"I've experienced that as has hundreds of others on our roads over the last number of years.
