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Title:

A Safe System Based Investigation of Factors Influencing Bicycle Crash Severity in Victoria, Australia

Accession Number:

01657033

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Safe System approach has been adopted in Australia and New Zealand to manage vehicles, road and roadside infrastructure, and speeds to eliminate death and serious injury as a consequence of road crashes. In Australia, one main focus of road safety professionals is applying Safe System principles to reduce the number of death and serious injuries resulting from bicycle crashes. This study examined the effect of factors associated with three pillars of the Safe System approach on bicycle crash severity in Victoria, Australia. These pillars include ‘safe roads and roadsides’, ‘safe speeds’ and ‘safe road users’. The Victorian police-collected road crash information system (RCIS) database was used to conduct the analysis. A random parameter binary logit model was utilised to find out the effect of factors on bicycle crash severity. The results showed that traffic control and lighting condition were the ‘safe roads and roadsides’ related parameters influencing bicycle crash severity. Speed zone was also found as a significant factor under the ‘safe speeds’ pillar in the Safe System approach. Furthermore, bicyclist age, helmet use, intention (movement) and other road user intention (movement), were the other significant variables (i.e. related to ‘safe road users’ pillar) affecting the severity of bicycle crashes. The results also suggested that more in depth investigation of bicycle crash dynamics is required to achieve better understanding of the parameters influencing bicycle crash severity.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation. Alternate title: A Safe System-Based Investigation of Factors Influencing Bicycle Crash Severity in Victoria, Australia

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-04070

Language:

English

Authors:

Bahrololoom, Sareh
Young, William
Logan, David

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Identifier Terms:

Safe System

Geographic Terms:

Victoria (Australia)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-04070

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:00AM