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https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/over-600000-near-miss-incidents-with-pedestrians-cyclists-recorded-at-intersections-across-canada/
This sounded like undercounting it, until I realized this is one in 770 times a pedestrian crosses a single intersection a near-miss occurs, not within a year, and 600k near miss events happened at 20 intersections over 6-7 months.
Because yeah as a cycling commuter that sounds about right, several times a year there's a near miss situation where I had to stop suddenly because the drivers weren't looking at all.
It's those right hooks that are the most likely to happen. Drivers either not paying attention or thinking they can quickly squeeze in a turn just end up cutting me off.