Forcing riders to carry some form of identification on their bicycle could be the best way to end their current war with motorists, according to the head of one of the nation's leading bike insurers.

BikeSure managing director Rod Fitzgerald said the increasing number of accidents involving bikes and cars was a direct result of an embedded Australian culture that did not recognise the right of cyclists to be on the road.

He said the key to reducing cycling-related deaths and injuries was to change this attitude.

"Australia is a non-traditional cycling nation," Mr Fitzgerald said. "The majority of motorists here don't have the same appreciation for cyclists having legal access to our public roads.

"Everyone needs to move past the aggro and have more empathy."

Mr Fitzgerald was commenting after three cyclists were injured in separate collisions with cars in Perth last week.

It comes after a 33 per cent increase in bike insurance claims to BikeSure last year compared with 2013.

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Mr Fitzgerald said designated bicycle lanes were often touted as a solution, but these were often costly and time-consuming.

"The immediate issue is our culture and how we can achieve mutual respect and acceptance for shared road use," he said.

"Cyclists can start the process by accepting ownership of their own behaviour."

Mr Fitzgerald said one initiative being touted on social media was to make cyclists carry identification.

"If cyclists were easily identified, motorists would be more likely to view cyclists as having the same legal right to use the road and have the same accountability for the law as they do," he said.

"While it's not widely accepted by cycling groups at this time, I believe it has to be considered."

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But Bicycling WA chief executive Jeremey Murray said identifying bikes and riders would do little.

"Cars have large numberplates on them yet the drivers still speed, drive recklessly, drive drunk, run red lights, fail to indicate," he said. "It's about improving attitudes and behaviours for when people are sharing roads.

"Also, who reports cars to police when they see the drivers doing the wrong thing? No one.

"And they are even less likely to do it with the rider whose registration number would be significantly smaller."