Bicyclist deaths and striking vehicles in the USA

Abstract

Large expensive motor vehicles account for a disproportionate share of bicyclist deaths. Bicyclists, motorists, policy-makers and vehicle manufacturers need to consider more imaginative solutions to help prevent future deaths.

Contribution of exposure, risk of crash and fatality to explain age- and sex-related differences in traffic-related cyclist mortality rates

“…Regarding gender, our results are in agreement with previous reports of a higher CCMR in males than in females (Ackery et al, 2012;Morgan et al, 2010). As expected, exposure was the main determinant of this increase (Twaddle et al, 2010).…”

Factors contributing to bicycle–motorised vehicle collisions: a systematic literature review

“…Concerning the former, a couple of studies revealed that increasing levels of van, large automobile, and truck traffic were associated with higher collision risks (Ackery, McLellan, & Redelmeier, 2012;Vandenbulcke et al, 2014). Compared to cars, buses and heavy vehicles have more blind spots and cyclists in the blind spot of a huge goods vehicle entailed higher a risk of collisions (McCarthy & Gilbert, 1996), especially when buses and heavy vehicles turned right at intersections (Kaplan & Giacomo Prato, 2013;Vandenbulcke et al, 2014).…”

Fatal and serious collisions involving pedal cyclists and trucks in London between 2007 and 2011

“…Cycle verses truck collisions accounted for 3.4% of the observed crashes, were associated with the most severe injuries, and increased the probability of severe injury by 71% and fatal injury by 1145%. Ackery (2012) found that in the USA, larger motor vehicles were particularly common in bicyclist deaths compared to the control [non-bicycle] deaths, especially freight trucks. Keigan et al (2009) studied detailed police collision files for 92 fatal pedal cycle crashes that occurred in London between 2001 and 2006.…”