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The first Streets Ahead analysis reports for walking and cycling have been produced and are here on the website for the public to download.
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http://www.streetsaheadedinburgh.org.uk/info/2/cyclists/79/road_safety_statistics
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"The first Streets Ahead analysis reports for walking and cycling"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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The summary of findings is on pp33-35 and the conclusions drawn are on pp36-37.
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77% of cyclists were injured while ‘going ahead’ i.e. just riding along the road.
The most common conflict in collisions (17%) which resulted in serious injury to a cyclist involved the other vehicle failing to give way or disobeying the junction control and colliding with P/C. The second most common conflict (16%) involved the other vehicle turning right across the path of the P/C. A further 9% of collisions involved the other vehicle opening the door causing the P/C to hit or swerve to avoid it.
Two thirds (66%) of serious P/C collisions involved conflict with a car. Goods vehicles were involved in 14% of collisions resulting in serious injury to a P/C.
For all incidents resulting in serious injury to P/C’s, 72% of contributory factors were assigned to the other vehicle driver and 28% to the P/C.
The most frequent causation factors for both the P/C and other vehicles were ‘failed to look properly’ and ‘failed to judge other persons path or speed’"
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n.b. analysis 2004-2010 only
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The data relating to cycle usage in Edinburgh over the last few years has shown a trend towards a significant increase in cycle usage. By identifying potential physical improvement and educational / awareness measures, the council is targeting their limited resources to where they have the largest impact, as detailed in the current Road Safety Plan for Edinburgh 2020.
These potential measures also help to nurture and support the existing mode shift to more sustainable transport modes and provides cyclists with more confidence of their safety on the road. A continued increase in cycle usage in Edinburgh also supports the ‘safety in numbers’ theory which suggests that the more cyclists there are, the safer the roads will be."
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Been doing my PhD write-up for too long, so this is a 5 minute distraction...
<statistics rant>
Aggh, why are they just looking at the first and last years to look for trends??20,30,25,32,29,33,30
"Serious cyclist casualties have increased by 50% during the 2004 – 2010 period"
A linear regression across all the years find a non-significant trend (at 5% level) of 1.43 more serious injuries each year (plus or minus 1.52, 95% CI).
http://129.215.142.66/count1.eps
Note, absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence, so the trend may (probably) exist. The point is that really the increase is probably considerably less than 50%... more like 30-40%... Actually plotting the trend makes it more obvious and surprising.
so I probably won't disagree with whatever conclusion they come to, but am just grumbling about this picking the end points. :)
</statistics rant>
(sorry :)Posted 12 years ago # -
Loads of information in there. I was mainly interested in the "how" section. How do accidents happen.
Of collisions involving cyclists and vehicles resulting in serious injury;
+ 17% caused by vehicle failing to obey junction and running into side of cyclist
+ 16% caused by oncoming right hook across cyclists' path
+ 9% are dooring
+ 7% caused by overtaking
+ 9% are left hooks
+ 5% are rear-ending
+ 3% were vehicle reversing into cyclist
+ 3% were U-turning into a cyclist
+ 3% were left turning into path of cyclist
+ 2% were starting off into path of cyclist
+ 1% were right hooking
+ 1% were running into stationary cyclist when exiting roundaboutin total therefore, 72% were judged to be fault of the vehicle
28% were judged to be fault of cyclist
n.b. - counting back the table from which these numbers came, I would put it that 16% were judged to be fault of cyclist and
- 9% were mutual or no-one is obviously at fault
- 2% were pedestrian stepping into path of cyclistAbove opinions are the opinion of investigating Police.
It is interesting to note that 7% of all accidents involving cyclists judged to be fault of cyclist not looking properly. 25% are judged to be fault of driver not looking properly. For both cyclists and vehicles, these are the most common contributory factors for an accident. This sort of suggests that cyclists are either more aware of their surroundings, or those in charge of vehicles are less so. Or both.
For all incidents resulting in fatal injury to cyclists, 66% of contributory factors were assigned to the other vehicle driver and 33% to the cyclist.
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