Transcript West of England Road Safety Partnership

West of England
Road Safety Partnership
Non-collision cycling injuries
Rob Benington, NHS Bristol
Representative of 4 Primary Care Trusts in Avon area
on WoE Road Safety Partnership.
Non-collision cycling incidents...
A road safety issue.
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9,882 admissions to a hospital bed in 2008/09
15,888
9,830
8,601
4,221
(all car occupants)
(all motorcyclist riders)
(all pedestrians)
(all cyclists involved in collisions)
(Admissions to hospital beds in England;
Source www.hesonline.nhs.uk)
What causes them?
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Very little data from STATS19, TRL or DoT
One useful study of cyclists in Oxford and
Cambridge in 2005
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Loads of anecdotes!!
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www.betterbybike.info/non-collision-incidents
828 reported incidents
AGE
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0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-64
65+
GENDER
3.5%
17.7%
25.3%
27.1%
19.2%
3.6%
3.3%
Female
30%
Male
64%
Blank/other
6%
ETHNICITY
White British
85%
Blank
10%
Other
3.8%
Interim results - injuries
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52 KSI (6.2%)
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220 ED or MIU (26.5%)
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555 no injury requiring professional help (67.1%)
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Police aware of 4%
Interim results - causes
Rank
Cause
%
of all reported incidents
1
Slipped on ice
25.85
2
Slipped on wet road
8.33
3
Slipped on soil, gravel, mud, wet rock, etc
6.64
4
Slipped on oil
3.62
5
Wheel stuck or slipped in rail / tram line
3.14
6
Potholes
3.14
7
Part of the bike broke
2.54
8
Mounting kerb or dropped kerb at too shallow
an angle
2.54
9
Other got stuck / fell wheel / chain / gears
2.17
Circumstances
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51% of all NCIs occur on the commute to
work
Ice causes 35% of all incidents on the
commute to work
75% of ice related incidents occur on the
main highway
“Unlike the police records, these data show that
skidding and slipping accidents are by far the most
common type of incident and so this seems to be
the area where action might do the most to reduce
the number of cyclists experiencing accidents.
Even though these are not usually particularly
dangerous incidents, reducing their frequency
should help encourage people to begin and/or
continue travelling by bicycle. Incidentally, we
should note that efforts to reduce the incidence of
skidding and slipping accidents for bicycles should
also have the happy effect of reducing such
accidents for other single-track vehicles like
motorcycles”.
Oxfordshire County Council, 2005
Conclusions
In 18-60 age group, most NCIs occur during
the commute to work. Slipping on ice, while
cycling on the road or main highway, is the
No.1 injury-danger.
Highlighting the ice hazard will:
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Reassure cyclists (there is no ice most of the
time)
Reduce serious injuries
www.icebikes.org
Publicity
messages
Cyclists – avoid ice
Employers – encourage
commuters not to cycle in
freezing weather
Cycle trainers – NCIs are the
biggest risk
Road Safety Professionals –
address slip and other NCI
hazards
Road Safety Partnership
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Education, Training and Publicity group to identify
opportunities to promote non-collision safety messages
from within existing work programmes
Compliment road safety discussion in JLTP3 with
intelligence drawn from Hospital Episode Statistics
Tell the world! Employers fora, road safety community,
injury prevention specialists, cycling organisations,
cyclists, etc.