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Back view of a cycling race
Health
Cycling injuries and deaths rise sharply in the Netherlands, new figures show
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An ambulance in the Netherlands
Health
Record number of fireworks injuries during New Year’s, Dutch safety institute reports
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A person riding a fatbike in Amsterdam
Politics
Amsterdam plans fat-bike ban in busiest areas of the city
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Corridor in a nursing home
Health
Record number of over 65-year-olds in emergency rooms after falling
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A person is riding an electric bicycle
Business
Survey finds 83% back helmet requirement for young e-bike riders
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
Politics
Mixed reactions as Cabinet proposes helmet requirement for under-18 e-bikers
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Four cyclists on a bike path passing a car in Voorburg
Health
Nearly 200 cyclists per day in emergency room; Gov't launches 'wear a helmet' campaign
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Emergency room
HealthCultureFood
Alcohol involved in over 62,000 accidents treated in emergency rooms in 2023
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
Business
€16 million in damages around New Year's; Less in cities that banned fireworks
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Ambulance
Health
Slight decline in New Year's fireworks victims, but more young people sent to the ER
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A woman running with two dogs between trees on a country road
HealthSports
400,000 Dutch quit sports in two years due to injury
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Police check the maximum speed of a fatbike in 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch Mobility Association working on creating e-bike safety certificates
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A fatbike rider in Amsterdam
HealthPoliticsBusiness
New push for measures against fat bikes after 96 emergency room injuries in one week
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A teen girl riding a fatbike in Amsterdam Centrum, 5 September 2024
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96 fat bikers in emergency room with serious injuries in one week; Half younger than 16
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A fat bike rider stops just in time for a red light in Amsterdam-Oost. 7 June 2024
1-1-2
Hospitals to record all fat bike-related injuries for a week
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Someone riding a fatbike zips by on the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam-Oost. 29 March 2024
HealthPolitics
Significant increase in serious accidents involving fat bikes from April to June
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Police check the maximum speed of a fatbike in 2024
Politics
Fifty Dutch municipalities, cycling union call for action against souped up fat bikes
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A person riding a fatbike in Amsterdam
1-1-2
Alarming amount of fatbike injuries involve brain trauma; 40% of victims younger than 14
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A teenage girl suffering from depression.
Health
Self-harm by women and girls has risen by 50% in ten years
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The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate seized around 18,000 kilograms of fireworks from a Dutch fireworks importer, December 2023
HealthCrime1-1-2
More than 1,200 fireworks victims at emergency rooms & urgent care; Many younger than 20
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Fireworks in a store
PoliticsBusinessEntertainment
Almost all parties leading the polls against banning New Year’s fireworks
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Bicycle accident
Crime1-1-2
More bicyclists under the influence of drugs & alcohol winding up in the emergency room
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A person riding a fatbike in Amsterdam
Business
Cycling union concerned about rising popularity of electric fatbikes
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Child wearing noise-blocking headphones
Health
Experts worried about increase in young people with tinnitus