Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs): From Research to Practice

Detailed analysis of cyclist fatalities has shown that of the 16 in 2011 in London, nine involved a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), and seven of these were construction vehicles. Given that the construction industry is responsible for only a small proportion of freight traffic in the United Kingdom (UK) and London, this suggests that construction vehicles may be overrepresented in cyclist fatalities in London. Transport for London (TfL) commissioned TRL (the UK's Transport Research Laboratory) to undertake research aimed at understanding the following general themes around this issue: (1) Is it possible to understand the relative risk represented by construction vehicles to cyclists, when compared with general haulage vehicles? If so, what is it? What are the limitations in the data available? (2) Are there features of contractual arrangements, working practices, driver behaviour, or vehicle design (or combinations of these) that contribute to the apparent over-involvement of construction vehicles in fatal collisions with cyclists in London? The research also aimed to identify measures that could be implemented to help reduce the number of such collisions.

• Record URL:
  • https://aetransport.org/past-etc-papers/conference-papers-2014
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used by permission of Association for European Transport. Alternate title: Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association for European Transport (AET)

  1 Vernon Mews, Vernon Street, West Kensington
  London W14 0RL,    
• Authors:
  • Delmonte, Emma
  • White, Hannah
• Conference:
  • European Transport Conference 2014
  • Location: Frankfurt , Germany
  • Date: 2014-9-29 to 2014-10-1
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Bibliography; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: European Transport Conference 2014: Strands

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash data; Cyclists; Drivers; Fatalities; Traffic safety; Trucks; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01552500
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 2 2015 10:27AM