History, risk, infrastructure: perspectives on bicycling in the Netherlands and the UK

Wardlaw, Malcolm

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.015

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“…Common to these countries is the absence of an everyday-or transportcycling culture as witnessed in previous comparisons of policies and behaviours between countries (Osberg & Stiles, 1998;Wardlaw, 2014). Italy and France in particular are known to have strong cultures and identities in relation to bicycles in sport (Cardoza, 2010), but apparently this does not connect to everyday cycling.…”

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European mobility cultures: A survey-based cluster analysis across 28 European countries

Haustein

Nielsen

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

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More targeted European policies promoting green travel patterns require better knowledge on differing mobility cultures across European regions. As a basis for this, we clustered the EU population into eight mobility styles based on Eurobarometer data. The mobility styles -including, for example, "green cyclists" and "convenience drivers" -differed not only in their travel-related variables but also in their socio-economic background, IT-affinity, and life satisfaction, with green cyclist showing the highest life satisfaction and two car-oriented styles having the highest socioeconomic resources. In a second step, the 28 EU member countries were clustered into six country • Based on Eurobarometer data, we clustered the EU population into eight mobility styles.• Mobility styles differed in travel-related choices, socio-economics, IT-affinity, and life satisfaction.• Based on their representation of mobility styles, EU countries were clustered into six country clusters. 2• The country clusters form identifiable sub-regions or spatial clusters within the EU.• Country clusters can be used for monitoring and targeting European transport policies.3

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

European mobility cultures: A survey-based cluster analysis across 28 European countries

Haustein

Nielsen

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…Although injury figures are high by European standards (Mindell et al, 2012;Wardlaw, 2014) a regular UK commuting cyclist is extremely unlikely to experience death or serious injury. Even a slight injury might only happen once every two decades.…”

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Investigating the rates and impacts of near misses and related incidents among UK cyclists

Aldred

Crosweller

2015

Journal of Transport & Health

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a b s t r a c tThe paper investigates the occurrence of non-injury incidents among cyclists in the UK, seeking to (i) generate a rate that can be compared with injury rates, (ii) analyse factors affecting incident rates, and (iii) analyse factors affecting the impact of incidents on cyclists.We collected data on non-injury cycling 'incidents' (near misses and other frightening and/or annoying incidents) from 1692 online diaries of cycle trip stages 1 and incidents, participants having signed up in advance for a specific day. Following data cleaning and coding, a dataset was created covering 1532 diary days and 3994 records of incidents occurring within the UK. Incident rates were calculated and compared to injury risks for cyclists. Cross-tabulation and regression were used to identify factors affecting incident rates and the effect an incident has on the cyclist.Frightening or annoying non-injury incidents, unlike slight injuries, are an everyday experience for most people cycling in the UK. For regular cyclists 'very scary' incidents (rated as 3 on a 0-3 scale) are on average a weekly experience, with deliberate aggression experienced monthly. Per mile, non-injury incidents were more frequent for people making shorter and slower trips. People aged over 55 were at lower risk, as were those cycling at the weekend and outside the morning peak. Incidents that involved motor vehicles, especially those involving larger vehicles, were more frightening than those that did not.Near miss and other non-injury incidents are widespread in the UK and may have a substantial impact on cycling experience and uptake. Policy and research should initially target the most frightening types of incident, such as very close passes and incidents involving large vehicles. Further attention needs to be paid to the experiences of groups under-represented among cyclists, such as women making shorter trips.

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“…Despite high levels of cycling in much of Europe, the UK appears to be less inclined to embrace cycling as a mode of travel (Wardlaw 2014). Since the 2012 London Olympics, cycling has received substantial publicity in Great Britain.…”

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Are head injuries to cyclists an important cause of death in road travel fatalities?

Martin

Lloyd²,

Sargent

et al. 2018

Journal of Transport & Health

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Background: Despite the well-recognised benefit for individuals and communities of increased active travel, cycling remains a minority travel mode in many high income countries. Fear of injury is often cited as a reason. Campaigns to promote cycle helmet wear are alleged to contribute to this. However, there is little information on whether head injuries to cyclists are an important cause of death in road travel fatalities, compared with other road users. Methods: We examined secondary causes of death for road travel deaths in England 2007-2012, comparing travel modes and grouped causes of death (from national mortality statistics) as numbers and as rates, using distance travelled and time spent travelling by mode, age, and sex from National Travel Surveys for the same six years. Results: Head injury was the main cause of death for 269 cyclists, 1324 pedestrians and 1046 drivers, accounting for 46%, 42% and 25% of road travel deaths at all ages in each mode respectively. Head injury was the commonest cause of death in cyclists, but most pedestrian and driver fatalities were from multiple injuries. Rates of fatal head injury per bnkm in males aged 17+ for cycling, walking, and driving were 11.2(95%

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History, risk, infrastructure: perspectives on bicycling in the Netherlands and the UK

Cited by 30 publications

References 10 publications

European mobility cultures: A survey-based cluster analysis across 28 European countries

European mobility cultures: A survey-based cluster analysis across 28 European countries

Investigating the rates and impacts of near misses and related incidents among UK cyclists

Are head injuries to cyclists an important cause of death in road travel fatalities?

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