Stevenson Mark, Johnson Marilyn, Oxley Jennie, Meuleners Lynn, Gabbe Belinda, Rose Geoffrey
Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash Injury Research Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Inj Prev. 2015 Feb;21(1):e3. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041287. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
Much of the research into cyclist safety in Australia has focused on behaviour with less focus on the impact of the urban transport environment on cyclist safety. A greater understanding of the urban transport system and the improvements needed to create a safer cycling environment are essential if cyclists are to be safe and increased cycling participation targets are to be achieved. The proposed study will use existing cyclist crash data along with unique cyclist exposure data to develop road infrastructure prototypes that improve cyclists' safety and evaluate the effectiveness of these prototypes in a cycling simulator.
This study will be conducted in two Australian cities namely Perth and Melbourne as both cities have policies that strongly advocate cycling. Two methods of data collection will be employed: (1) in-depth crash investigations of injured cyclists; and (2) video footage of cyclist exposure through a naturalistic cycling study of non-injured cyclists. The findings from these two methods will be used to develop new urban road design prototypes which will be tested with a sample of cyclists and motorists in safe environment namely, a cycling simulator and a driving simulator.
By designing and evaluating safer environments for cyclists, this study will identify solutions that reduce the risk of road trauma and importantly, support this alternative mode of transport and thereby contribute to a reduction in traffic-related emissions and pollution and enhance sustainable economic and social connectivity.
澳大利亚对自行车骑行者安全的研究大多集中在骑行者行为上，而较少关注城市交通环境对骑行者安全的影响。如果要保障骑行者的安全并实现提高自行车骑行参与率的目标，深入了解城市交通系统以及打造更安全骑行环境所需的改进措施至关重要。拟开展的研究将利用现有的自行车骑行者事故数据以及独特的骑行者暴露数据，来开发能提高骑行者安全的道路基础设施原型，并在自行车模拟器中评估这些原型的有效性。
本研究将在澳大利亚的两个城市珀斯和墨尔本进行，因为这两个城市都有大力倡导自行车骑行的政策。将采用两种数据收集方法：（1）对受伤的自行车骑行者进行深入的事故调查；（2）通过对未受伤的自行车骑行者进行自然主义骑行研究来获取骑行者暴露情况的视频资料。这两种方法的研究结果将用于开发新的城市道路设计原型，并在安全环境中，即自行车模拟器和驾驶模拟器中，对一部分自行车骑行者和驾车者进行测试。
通过为自行车骑行者设计和评估更安全的环境，本研究将确定降低道路创伤风险的解决方案，重要的是，支持这种替代交通方式，从而有助于减少与交通相关的排放和污染，并增强可持续的经济和社会连通性。
