If there were anything like 6k dead pedestrians who got run down by cyclists every year, this would be good commentary. Perversely, there are many perceived "near-collisions" between bikes and peds, while there generally aren't these between cars and peds. Cars generally just kill their victim without missing. This leads to an overabundance of those who live to say that a bicyclist almost killed them once. As a Finnish study concludes, "Near accidents appear to occur often, while actual collisions are rare."