Key actions through which cycling safety can be improved include:
Prevention through better Engineering and Planning:
Prevention through Marketing, Education and Enforcement:
Adaptation through better equipment and reporting of incidents/hazards:
A selection of resources under these three categories is listed below.
Prevention through Engineering and Planning
Well designed bicycle infrastructure improves and enhances safety. If funding is made available, Engineering and Planning is generally the best solution to any safety issue. While Engineering and Planning and Funding (e.g. through Black Spot programs) are covered on other pages, particular resources have a strong safety focus. Some of these are listed below:
20th Feb 2012
The Northern Territory Government's Road Safety Centres are located at Newland Park in Alice Springs and at Parap Road Safety Centre in Darwin. Both centres are operated by Road Safety Officers from the Road Safety Branch. Children are taught about road and bicycle safety in a classroom situation and then proceed to a practical lesson on a miniature road system.
09th Nov 2011
The ‘Share the Road’ campaign was implemented in Queensland in 2000. It aimed to teach motorists and cyclists how to share the road safely. This was the first major Queensland Transport campaign to focus on improving relations between cyclists and motorists.
12th Sep 2011
In September 2011 the US National Safety Council released a series of short videos, Understanding Distracted Driving, to address the most frequently asked questions about cell phone use while driving. The videos are part of a larger strategy developed by NSC to end cell phone distracted driving.
05th Sep 2011
This discussion paper was released for public consulation by the National Transport Commission in August 2011. The paper aims to stimulate discussion about the way corporate initiatives can contribute to road safety for the whole community. Formal submissions are due 30 September 2011.
07th Jul 2011
The National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020 was released on 20 May 2011 by the Australian Transport Council. The strategy is firmly based on Safe System principles and is framed by the guiding vision that no person should be killed or seriously injured on Australia's roads. As a step towards this long-term vision, the strategy presents a 10-year plan to reduce the annual numbers of both deaths and serious injuries on Australian roads by at least 30 per cent.
24th Jun 2011
In June 2011 the UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) launched a Cycling Code designed to reduce the number of collisions between commercial vehicles and cyclists.
17th Mar 2011
This fact sheet was published by the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety in 2008 and updated in May 2011. The document provides information about cycling injuries and fatalities in Australia and Queensland, provides safty tips for riders and outlines CARR-Q's work in the area.
22nd Feb 2011
The objective of this study conducted in Montreal (with a longstanding network of cycle tracks) was to compare bicyclist injury rates on cycle tracks versus in the street. The study results, which found that the injury risk of bicycling on cycle tracks is less than bicycling in streets, were published in the Journal of Injury Prevention in February 2011.
15th Feb 2011
Angie Schmitt, February 10, 2011, StreetsBlog
15th Feb 2011
SWOV, Leidschendam, the Netherlands
July 2009
03rd Feb 2011
Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado, 02. 1.11,
TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation
11th Jan 2011
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY (STAYSAFE) - REPORT
Mr West tabled Report No. 5/54 of the Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety (STAYSAFE) entitled "Vulnerable Road Users: Inquiry into motorcycle and bicycle safety", dated December 2010
04th Jan 2011
Mr. Matthijs KOORNSTRA (chair), 2003, European Transport Safety Council
04th Jan 2011
VOICE Facts is a series of fact sheets that outline a tool kit of measures that should be implemented so as to improve the safety of vulnerable road users in each of the 12 countries that are part of the VOICE campaign. The first part identifies the areas of concern in a particular country whereas the second contains best practice examples illustrating what other countries have done to address similar problems.
21st Dec 2010
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 12. 6.10
TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
&
Mikael Colville-Andersen from www.copenhagenize.com
29th Oct 2010
09-23-2010, New Urban Network
28th Oct 2010
by Michelle Ernst, Mobilizing the Region - News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
26th Oct 2010
The STS-09 suggests a 21st century public transport system for Hobart based on extensive bus ways, a connected high quality bicycle network, projects to assist commuters from rural and satellite areas to car pool and programs to assist individuals with understanding the travel choices available to them. The STS-09 also introduces a Central Business District (CBD) which is revitalised and enlivened through an Inner City Development Plan (ICDP) developed by leading urban quality design consultants to advise on ways to further improve the liveability of, and mobility in, the city for residents and visitors.| Website funded by the Department of Transport and Infrastructure and supported by Austroads |
 |