http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Bike share schemes slash injury rates en Mon, 18 May 2026 16:07:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158262 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:34:47 +0000 gibbo 158262@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> or it massively inflates the number of recorded miles/km cycled and dilutes the number of injuries/mile</em></p> <p>It (the chart on the cyclelicio site) seems to be saying a reduction in the number of total injuries - rather than injuries per 1000 cyclists or injuries per 1000 miles.</p> <p>I wonder if the cities (all in N America) with bike shares combined the implementation of the schemes with other cycling safety initiatives.</p> <p>Or maybe more people cycling meant that cyclists were seen as human - everyone has a friend using the scheme - rather than some scum sub-species that needs to be eradicated. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158261 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:15:05 +0000 Nelly 158261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Been in London since Friday and observations are:</p> <p>I would be scared witless cycling here, traffic treats roads as racetracks.<br /> Boris bikes well used by wobbly tourists near Tower of London (my base) but few seemed to have ventured on to roads.<br /> I wonder if bike scheme stats will show how many are regular user v casual tourist use? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158240 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 01:08:41 +0000 Tulyar 158240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Suggest you go back about a decade and check 5000 response Oxcam survey - very interesting correlation on "Lot's Wife" effect. </p> <p>Women self reported having difficulty with lifesaver (looking back over shoulder), related review of crash and incident data, women had higher ranking for incidents where cyclist moved right in front of following vehicle (or following vehicle moved left?) &lt;ducks as motorbike riding females take aim&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158171 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:20:26 +0000 Dave 158171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a study done relatively recently looking specifically at the safety of Boris bikes which found a significant health benefit: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26171326">BBC summary</a>, <a href="http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/686504/field_highwire_article_pdf/0.pdf">paper</a>.</p> <p>I find it pretty interesting/disturbing that in London for all cyclists (not just Boris bikes) there is actually no overall health benefit for female cyclists as the injury rate is so high. Crikey! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158153 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:31:06 +0000 Try Cycle 158153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>that's pretty counter-intuitive - you'd expect there to be more casual/inexperienced riders or folk who are unfamiliar with the roads (tourists for example) which would lead to a rise in accidents.</p> <p>Maybe it raises the profile of cyclists on the roads and drivers adapt, or it massively inflates the number of recorded miles/km cycled and dilutes the number of injuries/mile</p> <p>the helmet thing appears to be a bit of a non-sequitar (i feel like a proper guardianista using a latin term on a forum, maybe its time to reign in the quinoa consumption a bit!). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13055#post-158005 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:21:16 +0000 Dave 158005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very interesting <a href="http://www.cyclelicio.us/2014/bike-share-head-injury-helmets-safety/">blog post </a> (also <a href="http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/06/13/wapo-is-wrong-head-injuries-are-down-not-up-in-bike-share-cities/">here</a>) looking at a recent study into cities which implement bike share schemes (I think in the US):</p> <p>All injuries fall by 28% in bike share cities versus a 6% rise in non bike share cities.<br /> Head injuries fall by 14% in bike share cities versus a 4% fall in non bike share cities.<br /> Serious head injuries fall by 26% in bike share cities versus a 6% rise in non bike share cities.</p> <p>Pretty dramatic really. Bizarrely the study's main conclusion was that helmet use should be enforced in bike share schemes (even though serious head injuries already fell by 26% and we know that helmets <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2013/06/03/why-does-bikeshare-work-in-new-york-but-not-in-australia/">aren't good for bike share</a>).</p> <p>Go figure. </p>