The perceived danger of cycling is often disproportionate to the actual risk. Research shows that in Australia, per 100,000 participants, an individual is seven times more likely to be hospitalized playing football than riding a bicycle. Furthermore, risk-benefit analyses consistently report that the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks by factors ranging from five to one, to twenty to one. Yet another finding reported time and again in the literature is that as more people cycle, the safer it becomes for everyone.