TfL's cycle safety action plan
Cantdosleepy
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TfL has launched a Cycle Safety Action Plan.
It identifies the most serious types of accidents for cyclists and suggests solutions for them. It's more for local authorities than us, but still has some good stats that remind us when we should be at our sharpest, and which situations need the greatest consideration.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Cycling/Cycle_Safety_Action_Plan_V3.pdf
"Location: Two thirds (66%) of cyclist injuries are on inner London roads, reflecting the large increase in cycling that has taken place over recent years in central and inner London. Data shows that there is not a significant difference in the „severity ratio‟ (the proportion of injuries that result in death or serious injury) between inner and outer London areas.
Nearly a third of cycle injuries occurred on the TLRN although these roads make up only 5% of the total road network, and the severity ratio for injuries was higher on the TLRN (17%) than on borough roads (15%). This reflects the greater use of TLRN than borough roads by cyclists, especially for commuter journeys (see section on time of day).
Data shows that 79% of casualties were injured at, or within 20 metres of a junction, highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists in these locations."
"Summary of collision factors
Analysis of the collision factors helps to inform when, where and who is affected by cycling fatalities and serious injuries. The findings indicate that the casualty trends are largely in line with general cycling trends. There are, however, some notable exceptions: women are over-represented in terms of fatalities involving heavy goods vehicles men experience a disproportionately high number of collisions resulting in serious injury casualties most often occur amongst people aged between 20 and 50 higher number of casualties occur in the summer period the majority of casualties occur close to or at junctions"
It identifies the most serious types of accidents for cyclists and suggests solutions for them. It's more for local authorities than us, but still has some good stats that remind us when we should be at our sharpest, and which situations need the greatest consideration.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Cycling/Cycle_Safety_Action_Plan_V3.pdf
"Location: Two thirds (66%) of cyclist injuries are on inner London roads, reflecting the large increase in cycling that has taken place over recent years in central and inner London. Data shows that there is not a significant difference in the „severity ratio‟ (the proportion of injuries that result in death or serious injury) between inner and outer London areas.
Nearly a third of cycle injuries occurred on the TLRN although these roads make up only 5% of the total road network, and the severity ratio for injuries was higher on the TLRN (17%) than on borough roads (15%). This reflects the greater use of TLRN than borough roads by cyclists, especially for commuter journeys (see section on time of day).
Data shows that 79% of casualties were injured at, or within 20 metres of a junction, highlighting the vulnerability of cyclists in these locations."
"Summary of collision factors
Analysis of the collision factors helps to inform when, where and who is affected by cycling fatalities and serious injuries. The findings indicate that the casualty trends are largely in line with general cycling trends. There are, however, some notable exceptions: women are over-represented in terms of fatalities involving heavy goods vehicles men experience a disproportionately high number of collisions resulting in serious injury casualties most often occur amongst people aged between 20 and 50 higher number of casualties occur in the summer period the majority of casualties occur close to or at junctions"
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The Obvious wrote:casualties most often occur amongst people aged between 20 and 50
higher number of casualties occur in the summer period
the majority of casualties occur close to or at junctions
Is it just me or no sh!t sherlock! I would hazard a guess that most cyclists are aged 20-50, there are more cyclists on the road during the summer months and that most collisions involve vehicles changing direction, e.g. at junctions. The rest of the document may be great but those 3 lines are a statement of the obvious.
Sorry, in a ranty mood today :PFCN3: Titanium Qoroz.0 -
A lot of it is quite obvious, some of it is quite interesting. Well worth a scan-read.0
