Bicycles’ Role in Road Accidents a Review of Literature
Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. In 2013 in the European Union more than 6 % of all who died in road traffic crashes were cyclists. The number of cyclist killed on roads in the EU has decreased by only 9 %, compared to the total fatality decreas...
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doaj-379f70cb66ce45088c187a9c473319962021-09-05T20:51:34ZengSciendoTransport and Telecommunication1407-61792016-06-0117212212710.1515/ttj-2016-0011ttj-2016-0011Bicycles’ Role in Road Accidents a Review of LiteratureLevulytė Loreta0Baranyai David1Török Ádám2Sokolovskij Edgar3Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius, Lithuania, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, room 155 kabBudapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest, Hungary, Muegyetemrkp. 3Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest, Hungary, Muegyetemrkp. 3Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius, Lithuania, J. Basanavičiaus g. 28, room 155 kabNearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. In 2013 in the European Union more than 6 % of all who died in road traffic crashes were cyclists. The number of cyclist killed on roads in the EU has decreased by only 9 %, compared to the total fatality decrease of 18 % from 2010 to 2013. The majority of cyclist fatalities are males (78 %). For the larger countries, Belgium and The Netherlands had the highest proportion of female cyclist fatalities (> 30 %). In general, 55 % of the bicycle fatalities in the EU countries were killed inside urban areas but there are large differences between the countries. In the last couple of years there has been an enormous effort on reduction in cycling fatality numbers across almost all ages in the EU. As a result of this effort, the number of accidents started to slightly decrease.https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2016-0011road safetycyclist accidentcyclist collisionaccident analysis |
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Bicycles’ Role in Road Accidents a Review of Literature |
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Bicycles’ Role in Road Accidents a Review of Literature |
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Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. In 2013 in the European Union more than 6 % of all who died in road traffic crashes were cyclists. The number of cyclist killed on roads in the EU has decreased by only 9 %, compared to the total fatality decrease of 18 % from 2010 to 2013. The majority of cyclist fatalities are males (78 %). For the larger countries, Belgium and The Netherlands had the highest proportion of female cyclist fatalities (> 30 %). In general, 55 % of the bicycle fatalities in the EU countries were killed inside urban areas but there are large differences between the countries. In the last couple of years there has been an enormous effort on reduction in cycling fatality numbers across almost all ages in the EU. As a result of this effort, the number of accidents started to slightly decrease. |
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road safety cyclist accident cyclist collision accident analysis |
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