Light Insight Trial (LiT): cycling safety analysis using crowd-sourced data

While the safety of cyclists is a key concern for many jurisdictions, unavailability of quality data often hinders generating useful road safety insights. To address this gap, an innovative method of cycling data collection and analysis was investigated in a year-long trial among 1,000 cyclists in Victoria. The trial gathered data from over 375,000 km of cumulative total road length and 19,000 riding hours. Participants reported over 3,000 incidents (crashes, near misses, obstruction) and infrastructure requests. Using a multi-tier privacy protection methodology, the collected data was privacy-protected and analysed in an online dashboard to investigate its ability to generate road safety insights while ensuring data anonymity and privacy. Results from data analysis and stakeholder feedback ascertained that this trial database and the data collection methodology could provide important insights for improving the safety of cyclists.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.33492/ARSC-2023
• Record URL:
  • https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_ARSC_Full-Proceedings.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract (researcher)
• Authors:
  • Debnath, A K
  • Le, V
  • Medvedev, A
  • Soro, W
  • Lim, C P
  • Creighton, D
  • Zaslavsky, A
  • Najdovski, Z
  • Johnstone, M
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2023, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2023-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 152-154

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycling; Cyclists; Data banks; Data collection; Databases; Infrastructure; Safety; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Victoria
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Cycling; Cyclist; Data collection; Database; Infrastructure
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1055: Transport infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01930936
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 17 2024 2:46PM