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Some Bike, Pedestrian and Car related safety statistics
Erik LindskogCupertino Bicycle Pedestrian Commissioner
March 18 2015
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Source: International transport forum – Road Safety Annual Report 2013
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Source: International transport forum – Road Safety Annual Report 2013
US has higher fatalities due to
more vehicle miles as well as higher risk per mile travelled
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Source: International transport forum – Road Safety Annual Report 2013
USSome Northern European Countries
Road fatalities overall
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Source: Making Walking and Cycling Safer - Lessons from Europe - Pucher and Dijkstra - 2000
US pedestrian and bicycle fatality rates are significantly higher than fatalities in cars.
6Source: Cycling for Everyone - Lessons from Europe - Pucher and Buehler - 2007
International Bike Fatality Rate Comparison
US bike fatality rates are significantly worse than many northern European countries
7Source: Walking and Cycling in Western Europe and the United States - Buehler and Pucher 2012
2004-2009
International Bike-Ped Casualty Rate Comparison
US bicyclist injury rates - Very high
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Source: http://streets.mn/2014/07/01/bicycling-relative-safe/ by Walker Angell. Formally published data source(s) unknown.
International Bike-Car Fatality Rate Comparison
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Raw calc.:
Source: http://streets.mn/2014/07/01/bicycling-relative-safe/ by Walker Angell. Formally published data source(s) unknown.
International Bike-Car Fatality Rate Comparison
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Calculation adjusted to use vehicle fatality rates for non-motorway traffic:
Source data for adjustment: [1] 69% of bicycling fatalities are in urban areas and 59% are NOT at intersections.http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811743.pdf[2] Rural 2-lane roads are likely the most dangerous of all types, exurban surface next, then suburban surface, then metro highway, then urban surface, with rural interstates (motorways) the safest.
Source: http://streets.mn/2014/07/01/bicycling-relative-safe/ by Walker Angell. Formally published data source(s) unknown.
International Bike-Ped Accident Rate Comparison III
11Source: Making Walking and Cycling Safer - Lessons from Europe - Pucher and Dijkstra - 2000
From 1975 to 1997 Germany and the Netherlands have decreased their bicyclist fatalities more than US
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Source: Making Walking and Cycling Safer - Lessons from Europe - Pucher and Dijkstra - 2000
From 1975 to 1997 Germany and the Netherlands have decreased their pedestrian fatalities more than US
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Safety in Numbers?
(Possible a little of both)
More bikes => Safer? Safer => More bikes?or
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Source:Cycling, Health and Safety , OECD, ITFPublication , Date :19 Dec 2013Pages :248ISBN :9789282105955 (PDF) , 9789282105948 (print), DOI :10.1787/9789282105955-en
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California City’s Bike Crash Fatality Risk vs. Intersection Density
Source: Why Bike-Friendly Cities are Safer for all Road Users - Wesley Marshall - 2010
More intersections
coincides with more biking and
safer biking
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Source:
28 mph
Higher vehicle speeds significantly increases fatality risks
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Are women electing to not bike because of safety concerns?
Bike fatalities per 100 million km *
*: Pucher and Buehler - 2007
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It is pretty clear that it is more dangerous to walk, bike and even drive in US as compared
to some northern European countries.
Why is this?