A DESCRIPTION OF BICYCLE AND MOPEDRIDER ACCIDENTS AIMED TO INDICATE PRIORITIES FOR INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH

The aim of the study mentioned in this paper is to indicate priorities in the field of bicycle and moped injury prevention research, based on criteria given. This study is a part of a preparation for a SWOV accident investigation project that has to identify and to quantify factors influencing injuries of pedestrians, cyclists, moped-and motorcycle riders in accidents. A global description of the accidents of bicyclist and moped riders in terms of age, collision partner and collision type will be given in this paper. The development of hypotheses for accident investigations can be concentrated on these priorities. The results may also be used to select representative accident situations for mathematical modelling and for experimental research methods. Due to a relatively high level of registration by the police of numbers killed and of severely injured road users in the Netherlands these data may be used to quantify these priorities. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 393117. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the Proceedings of the 1984 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Delft, the Netherlands, 4, 5, 6 September 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • HUIJBERS, JJW
• Conference:
  • This paper was presented during the Proceedings of the 1984 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Delft, the Netherlands, 4, 5, 6 September 1984.
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 11-22

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Bicycles; Conferences; Crash investigation; Crashes; Cyclists; Future; Injuries; Injury severity; Mathematical models; Moped drivers; Mopeds; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Police; Prevention; Recording; Research; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Future research
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1211: Bicycle; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 6473: Mathematical model; 1221: Motorcycle; 8078: Netherlands; 1522: Police; 9149: Prevention; 141: Priority (gen); 6969: Recording; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393119
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM