SAFETY ASPECTS OF URBAN CYCLE TRACKS

VEILIGHEIDSASPECTEN VAN STEDILIJKE FIETSBADEN

Results are discussed of an analysis of data on road sections within built-up areas in cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Road sections were divided into roads without bicycle facilities, road sections with bicycle lanes and roads with cycle tracks. Attention is mainly given in the report to the comparison of bicycle tracks with other bicycle provisions. Emphasis is placed on moped accidents so as to study the question whether moped riders should use bicycle lanes and bicycle tracks or not. Up to now in the Netherlands moped riders do often use such bicycle facilities. Cyclists are relatively less involved in accidents on cycle tracks. Moped riders are much more involved in accidents on cycle tracks. Most accidents occur at junctions. Collisions of pedestrians and cyclists with moped riders happen more on roads with bicycle tracks than on other roads.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Text in Dutch, summary in English. Available outside the North American Continent from Institute for Road Safety Research SWOV, P.O.Box 170, 2260 AD Leidschendam, The Netherlands.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • WELLEMAN, A G
  • Dijkstra, A
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle lanes; Bicycles; Bikeways; Cyclists; Mopeds; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Traffic conflicts
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494654
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-88-20
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM