Wrists, Elbows, Fractured Skull, Fingers.
Most recently, fractured spine as of 10 days ago. end of the season, Shame.
6 fractured ribs (5 left, 1 right) and a broken scapula - all done in one run in with a car on Sunday. I’m quite sore now!
Unfortunately, I can’t tell yet as it was all internal. 8 weeks out now and I feel “fine”. (Aside from my brain still being a bit slower!) Problem is even this far post crash I can’t afford to fall yet, hence a 3 month ban on all contact sports, MTB and road riding. I should have a check up scan in another 5 weeks which will hopefully give me the all clear to start riding outside again.
In the meantime I’ve been walking a lot, got on the trainer and did endurance from 6 weeks and am starting a training plan today so I should be pretty much back to a good fitness in time for the scan and getting back outside 
I was back on the bike after 12 days for 1hr easy, followed by 3hrs easy the day after.
14 days, back to work, walking fine, riding feels OK when easy and in the saddle.
Overall reading some of the posts here I think Im quite fortunate. Not to may injuries in so many years of cycling.
About road safety reading some of the last posts… In 2025 I’ve done only around 800km on my road bike. I dont really feel safe and on one of the few rides I’ve done this year I had several discussions with car drivers. Stupid crazy people to whom I not too keen to deliver my personal safety anymore. 
I’ve bern ridding the same indoor and way more on my MTB. Road bike is the last option and mainly when I go to the moutains where traffic is less intense and people are less in a hurry.
It would be interesting to see a scatterplot of “serious injuries” vs. years-cycling.
I’ve been riding and racing since the mid ‘80’s and am 70 years old. I’ve been hit by cars 6 times and hospitalized twice because of them…the last and worst was head on by a driver in a hurry to get to nursing school and plowed into my friend and I. I suffered two broken arms and a crushed L1 vertebrae while he lost a piece of his jaw and required some bone taken from his hip to replace what was lost.
I’ve also crashed multiple times in new england crits lol but that is just cat 4 crit racing…once i catted up to 3 no more crashes lol.
Lost lots of skin, road rash, over the decades but that is just racing, it happens so just roll with it.
I’ve been riding since 1997 but took off from about 2008 to 2020. Primarily running in the middle. Two serious injuries. Got hit by a car in 2002 that got me a bruised and compression fracture of my L1 vertebrae. Ironically it sort of fixed some back problems I had from scoliosis. Most serious was this fall. Still recovering from it. Two broken bones in my hand requiring a plate and some screws with 4 broken ribs. From catching my bar on a tree while riding as a coach at a NICA practice. Happened end of September. Still pain in my ribs sometimes and grip strength is weak. So primarily indoor riding and a couple road rides. No MTBing yet.
To follow up on this now I’m not high on morphine…
I was descending a hill at decent speed, a car pulled out of a side road and I went straight into it. I broke 6 ribs (5 left and 1 right) and my left scapular spine/acromion. 2 nights in hospital.
I was actually spinning very gently on the turbo a week later because the doctors wanted me to do gentle exercise to keep my lungs clear, and it involved less upper body movement than walking. I restarted running and cycling outside after maybe two months.
But…
At my latest follow up the X-ray showed a non-union, and although I have good range of movement my arm is very weak and fatigues really quickly. Cycling isn’t too bad because I don’t actually move the arm that much (I’m a road rider). I did notice that I struggled in really windy conditions on a recent holiday to Lanzarote which worked the arm harder and I’m not confident enough in my handling to get back to group rides. I can run or walk 5km or so ok, but any more than that and it fatigues/aches. And there are some specific movements I really struggle with still. So the plan is to put some pins in it and hope that that helps. Not looking forward to being in a sling again!
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how long you’ve been cycling for sport;
- About 10 years now, pretty consistently through that time. I’ve logged over 3000 hours of outdoor riding.
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what kind of cycling you do;
- Mostly road and gravel, sometimes chunky. Very often ride through the city to get to the good stuff in the mountains.
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what your falls or injuries were like or because of what;
- Only a few minor tumbles with road rash until a few months ago
- When I was taken out by a car that didn’t yield while making a left turn as I was going straight through an intersection with a green light.
- Somehow, I managed to only damage my ribs, though I broke 8 of them with several heavily displaced and two floating parts.
- Had to have most of the rib breaks fixated surgically, so I’m sporting a lot of hardware now.
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how you recovered from them;
- I’m two months out from my rib repair surgery and today I was able to run for 30 minutes comfortably, and I’ve gotten several rides over 50 miles in the last few weeks. Hoping to make a full recovery (and soon!).
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and whatever else you feel like saying on the subject.
- After this last one, I know I need to reassess how I ride. Finding time to drive away from the high traffic areas, or just relying on my running abilities, should allow me to stay active for many more years while keeping my risk of additional serious injury (or worse) reduced.