Lesson 4 Pedestrian and Bicycle

Crash Types

What is a crash?

CRASH - event in which a

bicyclist or ped. greets the

ground, a motor vehicle, or

any other solid object in a

way that can result in bodily

harm &/or property damage

• Not a accident

• Crashes are preventable

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Crash Avoidance Process

Step 1 - Search

Step 2 - Detect

Step 3 - Evaluate

Step 4 - Decide

Step 5 - Action

Pedalcyclist Fatality Data - 2002

• 1st automobile crash in 1896

• 47,000 died in traffic crashes since 1932

• 2002 - 662 were killed & 48,000 injured in traffic crashed

• 2002 was 8% lower than the 723 fatalities reported in 1992

• Pedalcyclist accounted for 12% of all non-motorist traffic fatalities. Peds 86%, remaining 2% skateboarders, etc.

Summarize the 1996 data

Peds Data1. Who more?2. How fatal?3. When more alcohol/drug

crashes?4. Time?5. Where?6. Lanes?7. Role of intersections?8. Ped at fault?9. Motor vehicle at fault?10. Types of ped crashes?

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Summarize the 1996 data

Bike-Motor Vehicle Data1. Where?2. Who?3. How fatal?4. Role of alcohol?5. When?6. Where?7. Lanes?8. Bikes at fault?9. Motor vehicle at fault?10. Types of bike-motor crashes?11. Most frequent?

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Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT)

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool (PBCAT) is a crash typing software product intended to assist state and local pedestrian/ bicycle coordinators, planners and engineers with improving walking and bicycling safety through the development and analysis of a database containing details associated with crashes between motor vehicles and pedestrians or bicyclists.

• http://www.walkinginfo.org/pc/pbcat.htm

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EXERCISE - Design a Countermeasure Program

Design a program that specifically provides countermeasures aimed at reducing 1 common bike &/or ped crash types on the SFA Campus.

Countermeasures include: nite time crashes, mid-block crashes, intersection crashes, id of hazardous, crashes based on X of day

• Be specific!

• How eval if effective?

EXERCISE - Design a Countermeasure Program

Using crash data from Piedmont Park answer the following Qs:

• Did peds &/or bikes have more crashes at intersections or midblocks?

• Did peds &/or bikes have more crashes in day or nite?

• Which type of bike crash occurred more?

• What time of day were there more crashes for bikes &/or peds?

• Most frequent location for crashes for both bikes & peds?

PROVIDE COUNTERMEASURES FOR IMPROVING SAFETY.

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