Road safety situation of electric bike riders: A cross-sectional study in courier and take-out food delivery population
Almost all courier and take-out food delivery riders in China use electric bikes as the main transport mode. This study aims to understand their riding behaviors and road traffic injury information of this population. A cross-sectional field study focused on this population was conducted, including roadside observation and face-to-face retrospective street intercept interviews. Six hundred target delivery riders were observed and 480 were interviewed. The rate of overspeeding was 91.3%, and windshield use during winter was 91.2%. Traffic violation behaviors observed included riding in the motor vehicle lane (32.8%), not waiting behind the white line at a red light (23.3%), and using cell phone when riding (21.2%). Helmet use was significantly more common during the day (73.0%) than at night (64.7%; P = .028). About 46.5% of respondents rode an e-bike more than 8 h per day. In addition, 76.5% of interviewees had been involved in a traffic crash at least once. About 13.9% of crashes happened in motor vehicle lanes and 8.2% on sidewalks. Logistic regression analysis indicated that compared with uninjured riders, injured riders showed significantly greater odds ratios of unsafe behaviors for running red lights (odds ratio [OR] = 1.75) and protective factors for wearing a helmet (OR = 0.56). The courier and take-out food delivery population is a vulnerable occupational group and road traffic injuries related to e-bike use require more attention.
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Authors:
- Wang, Zhuo
- Neitzel, Richard L
- Zheng, Wenlong
- Wang, Dezheng
- Xue, Xiaodan
- Jiang, Guohong
- Publication Date: 2021-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 564-569
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Serial:
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Volume: 22
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 1538-9588
- Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Bicycle crashes; Crash injuries; Delivery service; Electric vehicles
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Economics; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01783331
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 28 2021 11:30AM