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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. 9,882 admissions to a hospital bed in 2008/09

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West of England Road Safety Partnership

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  1. 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.

  2. Non-collision cycling incidents... A road safety issue. • 9,882 admissions to a hospital bed in 2008/09 • 15,888 (all car occupants) • 9,830 (all motorcyclist riders) • 8,601 (all pedestrians) • 4,221 (all cyclists involved in collisions) (Admissions to hospital beds in England; Source www.hesonline.nhs.uk)

  3. What causes them? • Very little data from STATS19, TRL or DoT • One useful study of cyclists in Oxford and Cambridge in 2005 • Loads of anecdotes!! • www.betterbybike.info/non-collision-incidents

  4. 828 reported incidents AGE GENDER • 0-19 3.5% • 20-29 17.7% • 30-39 25.3% • 40-49 27.1% • 50-59 19.2% • 60-64 3.6% • 65+ 3.3% Female 30% Male 64% Blank/other 6% ETHNICITY White British 85% Blank 10% Other 3.8%

  5. Interim results - injuries • 52 KSI (6.2%) • 220 ED or MIU (26.5%) • 555 no injury requiring professional help (67.1%) • Police aware of 4%

  6. Interim results - causes

  7. Circumstances • 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

  8. “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 accidentsfor other single-track vehicles like motorcycles”. Oxfordshire County Council, 2005

  9. 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: • Reassure cyclists (there is no ice most of the time) • Reduce serious injuries

  10. www.icebikes.org

  11. 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

  12. Road Safety Partnership • 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.

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