There are many overviews of cycling safety available throughout the web. The following is a collection of some of the most relevant to the Australian context:
Community Attitudes to Road Safety—2011 survey report (Australia)
17th Feb 2012
This report documents the findings from the Department of Infrastructure and Transport's 2011 survey of community attitudes to road safety. The issues examined include: perceived causes of road crashes, exposure and attitudes to random breath testing, attitudes to speed, perceptions of police enforcement, mobile phone use while driving, reported usage of seatbelts, involvement in road crashes, and experience of fatigue while driving.
Road User or Abuser: Safety Campaign (Australia)
09th Feb 2012
In February 2012 the Victorian Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder, launched a VicRoads' safe cycling campaign, titled 'Road User or Abuser.' The campaign is designed to improve the relationship between Victorian drivers and bike riders and is hosted on a purposely built Facebook page.
Cities Fit for Cycling: Safety Campaign (UK)
07th Feb 2012
UK newspaper The Times launched a high profile cycle safety campaign in January 2012. The campaign was instigated when a Times journalist was hit by a lorry just metres away from her place of work. This event encouraged The Times to look into cycling culture and infrastructure in British cities, finding that 27,000 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured in the UK in the last ten years.
Why Not Aim For Zero Deaths of Cyclists and Pedestrians?
04th Jan 2011
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 12.29.10
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