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Title:

Safety Indicators for Skateboarding on Transportation Facilities and as a Mode of Travel - A look at Enigmatic Injury, Fatality, and Incident Data

Accession Number:

01555052

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Skateboarding as a recreational activity occurs in many places including streets. While not as well known, skateboards can also be used as a means of active travel on transportation facilities. The presence of skateboarders on streets has ramifications for safety, both for skateboarders and other users, as this paper demonstrates. An estimated 43,000 skateboarding injuries occurred on streets in 2013, a plurality of skateboarder injuries. While it is not known exactly how many injuries occurred during skateboard travel versus recreation, approximately 13 percent involve motor vehicles. A skateboarding interest group has found at least 93 cases of skateboard fatalities from 2011-2013. Most fatalities appear to occur on streets and approximately half are transportation related. Federal data also shows 11 skateboarder fatalities just from traffic collisions, in California alone, in 2013. That said, injury rates are moderate, and while skateboard fatality rates are high, they are not exceedingly high, and similar to pedestrians. Incident data from college campuses where skateboard commuting is popular shows that it is possible for skateboard travel to occur more or less without serious incident. More data is needed to completely understand safety. However, it appears that while skateboarders are certainly vulnerable road users, skateboarding is not so unsafe that it cannot be a viable mode of travel.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Pedestrians. Alternate title: Safety Indicators for Skateboarding on Transportation Facilities and as a Mode of Travel: Enigmatic Injury, Fatality, and Incident Data

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-3800

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fang, Kevin

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Skateboarding

Geographic Terms:

California

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I90: Vehicles

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-3800

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:15PM