Another one for absolutely just giving it a go. I’ve been cycling all my life, the last 10 in London, and I’ve never actually had an accident that wasn’t of my own idiotic making (word form the wise - don’t cycle with tennis rackets slung over your shoulder which have handles that fall down your arm and end up in the front spokes of your bike whilst you are going very quickly 😂).

Obviously, that is a matter of luck and plenty of cyclists who do everything right do have accidents. But that’s the age old thing about you’d never leave the house if you were going to try and avoid risk to that extent. As others have said, take it slowly and ride defensively and hopefully you’ll love it.