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New research out! Our @uniwestminster led study funded by @RoadSafetyTruUK looked at injury risk for people cycling in Britain in the morning commute, in relation to road characteristics & environment. Study involved me, Dr. Anna Goodman & Georgios Kapousizis (1/8)
Here’s the short film about the project https://vimeo.com/533544514 , uni news story at https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/typical-british-cycle-infrastructure-is-failing-to-protect-cyclists-study-finds, papers at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457521000944 & https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/6/3060, & related London study here: https://findingspress.org/article/18226-cycling-injury-risk-in-london-impacts-of-road-characteristics-and-infrastructure (2/8)
Our study found A rds & wider roads were riskier for ppl cycling, as were high streets https://vimeo.com/533548066 . Intersections raised risk 3-fold: Brian Deegan & Dr. Paul Schepers explain how the Netherlands, LDN, & Gtr Mcr try to make them safer. https://vimeo.com/533540933 (3/8)
When comparing types of intersection, we found roundabouts were much worse than other signalised/unsignalised junctions. Why do UK roundabouts put cyclists at such high risk? Prof @johnparkin28 explains: https://vimeo.com/533541165 (4/8)
Many UK cyclists must use painted cycle lanes or shared bus/bike lanes. The study found these don’t protect & may even raise risk (perhaps because many bike lanes are narrow, have car parking, etc.) Bus lanes: https://vimeo.com/533541334 & cycle lanes https://vimeo.com/533541476 (5/8)
Cycle infra away from traffic was better but still not protective. Such infra also generally poor – usually shared footways. But LDN & international studies show high-quality cycle tracks can reduce risk. Tom Adams (TfL) describes LDN results: https://vimeo.com/533541671 (6/8)
We discuss more factors in the film & papers, incl. danger posed by guard railing – often put in with hope of protecting pedestrians: but this study like TfL research found inc'd collision risks, @lmaufe suggests because drivers react by speeding up https://vimeo.com/533542274 (7/8):
To end on a positive note: we found a ‘safety in numbers’ effect. The more people we can entice onto their bikes, the safer each individual cyclist. Here study co-author Dr. Anna Goodman talks about how to get more cycling & hence ‘safety in numbers’ https://vimeo.com/533542437 (8/8)
