There has been a bit of discussion about what crash types are most significant for bicyclists. Here is some data from a study done for the feds based on data from the early 1990's
Overtaking crashes (where a motorist is overtaking a bicyclist) accounted for only 8.6% of all crashes, but 29.4% of fatal and serious injury crashes. These crashes typically occur at night on rural 2-lane roads. Motorist failure to yield situations (motorist turning left or right or merging across the bicyclists path of travel, or a motorist driveout from a stop sign, right turn on red, parking space, or driveway) accounted for 33.9% of all crashes and 25.6% of fatal and serious injury crashes. These crashes typically occur during the day on 4-lane urban streets. A very high percentage of the motorist driveout situations involve wrong way bicyclists, 67.3%, with many of those being bicyclists riding on sidewalks. Unfortunately, this study is not available on the internet. I do have a copy in my office if anyone wants to delve into it. Arthur Ross Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator 266-6225 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
