Of course, data is only as good as the technique used to collect it, so this could by no means be considered a scientific tool, but it could still be useful one (as long as one realized its built-in limitations).
http://bikewise.org/
But what's really instructive is to click on the collisions and read what happened (and what the cyclist thought happened). In almost every case I read, if the cyclist had been riding in a vehicular manner, the collision could have been avoided. From my friend (and yours) Keri Caffrey:
The following are 10 random selections in the order I clicked them:
1st click: Right Hook — cyclist riding on the edge of the road
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/76
2: Sidewalk/Crosswalk Right hook
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/82
3: Crossing — motorist ran red light and t-boned cyclist (cyclist had actually just avoided a potential right hook by riding smartly)
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/35
4: Drive-out (RTOR) — driver failed to see cyclist in bike lane (the report does not mention the bike lane, but satellite shows one)
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/131
5: Right Hook — complicated by a wrong-way rider distracting both cyclist and motorist
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/72
6: Sidewalk/Crosswalk Right hook
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/21
7: Sidewalk/Crosswalk Right hook
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/65
8: Lane-split Right Hook — cyclist was clearly riding too far right if he intended to take the left split
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/95
9: Crossing — Motorist ran stop sign, failed to see cyclist (this used to happen to me a lot on Formosa. Got better when I moved to the middle of the lane, but motorists still tune things out on low-volume streets)
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/92
10: Right Hook — cyclist in bike lane (cyclist claims to be riding the speed of the car)
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/report/crash/63
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