Bicycle Safety Highway Users Information Report

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Bicycle safety and information report
• Creators:
  Burgess, Bruce, 1943- ; Burden, Dan.
• Corporate Creators:
  Bikecentennial, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bicycles
  • Bicycle travel
  • Bicycle facilities
  • Cyclists
  • Transportation safety
  • Bicycle accidents
  • Statistics
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-803 206
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524990
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report presents a picture of the type and frequency of bicycling accidents common to adult bicyclists using America's streets and highways. It develops accident frequencies by type, offers profiles of accident versus non-accident riders, lists primary and secondary accident causes, and shows the interrelationship between cyclist behavior, motorist influence, roadway conditions, and bicycling accidents. The detection is made possible as a result of the operation of the 1976 Bikecentennial event, a summer-long inauguration of a bicycle route across the United States in which 4,065 cyclists riding 10.4 million miles through 10 states served as a source of detailed information on riding habits, highway conditions, and accident experiences. Throughout, and immediately following the event, records were kept of all accidents, providing Bikecentennial with a set of data to study the hazards of riding on shared roadways, and to learn ways to improve facilities, education programs, and enforcement in the future.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1211/dot_1211_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bbede7a3aab2029b56f6cdda7ce1b271827bb9b1653ca530bb488016e173825c