Talbot, R;
Reed, S;
Christie, N;
Barnes, J;
Thomas, P;
(2017)
Fatal and serious collisions involving pedal cyclists and trucks in London between 2007 and 2011.
Traffic Injury Prevention
, 18
(6)
pp. 657-665.
10.1080/15389588.2017.1291938.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Increased numbers of people riding pedal cycles has led to a greater focus on pedal cycle safety. The aim of this paper is to explore factors that are associated with fatal and a small number of serious injury pedal cyclist crashes involving trucks that occurred in London between 2007 and 2011. METHODS: Data were collected from police collision files for 53 crashes, 27 of which involved a truck (≥3.5 tonnes) and a pedal cycle. A systematic case review approach was used to identify the infrastructure, vehicle road user and management factors that contributed to these crashes and injuries and how these factors interacted. RESULTS: Trucks turning left conflicting with pedal cyclists traveling straight ahead was a common crash scenario. Key contributory factors identified included the pedal cyclists not being visible to the truck drivers, road narrowing and inappropriate positioning of pedal cyclists. CONCLUSIONS: Crashes involving trucks and pedal cyclists are complex events that are caused by multiple interacting factors therefore multiple measures are required to prevent them from occurring.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Fatal and serious collisions involving pedal cyclists and trucks in London between 2007 and 2011 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15389588.2017.1291938 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2017.1291938 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Traffic Injury Prevention on 8 February 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15389588.2017.1291938 |
| Keywords: | Cyclist, Trucks, Crash, Contributory Factors, Road Safety, Fatality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540186 |
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