Under-reporting bicycle accidents to police in the COST TU1101 international survey: Cross-country comparisons and associated factors
| Autor: | Guido De Bruyne, Viola Cavallo, Joannes Chliaoutakis, Georgia Tzamalouka, Ottavia Eleonora Ferraro, M. van Strijp-Houtenbos, Markus H. Muser, Óscar Calvé Mascarell, A. Hursa Sajatovic, Diana Dulf, João P. Dias, Jaime Sanmartín, Amy Schramm, Anna Morandi, Rubén Daniel Ledesma, Aslak Fyhri, Meltem Saplioglu, Pedro M. Valero-Mora, Narelle Haworth, Kalev Kuklane, David Shinar, Maria Papadakaki, Dietmar Otte |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Universitat de València (UV), Institute for Road Safety Research, parent, Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane] (QUT), University of Antwerp (UA), Laboratoire sur les Interactions Véhicules-Infrastructure-Conducteurs (IFSTTAR/COSYS/LIVIC), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR), Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Université de Lisbonne, Università di Pavia, Institute of Transport Economics, University of Oslo (UiO), Lund University [Lund], Instituto de Investigaciones Físicas de Mar del Plata (IFIMAR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales [Mar del Plata], Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata [Mar del Plata] (UNMdP)-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata [Mar del Plata] (UNMdP), Working Group on Accident Mechanics, Hannover Medical School [Hannover] (MHH), University of Zagreb, Süleyman Demirel University |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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CYCLING BEHAVIOUR [SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other Engineering BICYCLETTE Economics Ciencias de la Salud Crash Salud Pública y Medioambiental CYCLING ATTITUDE computer.software_genre UNDER-REPORTING Sociology Germany SAFER 11. Sustainability Israel Safety Risk Reliability and Quality 050107 human factors Communication 05 social sciences Accidents Traffic Police Hospitalization Marital status Female Head Protective Devices Safety Cycling Under-reporting Adult Cross-Cultural Comparison Risk CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD Croatia Bicycle helmets Bicycles Human Factors and Ergonomics Sample (statistics) Computer security BICYCLE CRASH International survey of cycling Cycling behaviour Cycling attitudes Bicycle crashes Environmental health Cycling behavior 0502 economics and business Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050210 logistics & transportation business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CYCLING Bicycling Socioeconomic Factors CASQUE Survey data collection Human medicine Self Report business computer human activities |
| Zdroj: | Accident analysis and prevention Accident analysis and prevention, 2018, 110, 24p. ⟨10.1016/j.aap.2017.09.018⟩ Accident Analysis and Prevention January |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| Popis: | Police crash reports are often the main source for official data in many countries. However, with the exception of fatal crashes, crashes are often underreported in a biased manner. Consequently, the countermeasures adopted according to them may be inefficient. In the case of bicycle crashes, this bias is most acute and it probably varies across countries, with some of them being more prone to reporting accidents to police than others. Assessing if this bias occurs and the size of it can be of great importance for evaluating the risks associated with bicycling.This study utilized data collected in the COST TU1101 action "Towards safer bicycling through optimization of bicycle helmets and usage". The data came from an online survey that included questions related to bicyclists´ attitudes, behaviour, cycling habits, accidents, and patterns of use of helmets. The survey was filled by 8655 bicyclists from 30 different countries. After applying various exclusion factors, 7015 questionnaires filled by adult cyclists from 17 countries, each with at least 100 valid responses, remained in our sample.The results showed that across all countries, an average of only 10% of all crashes were reported to the police, with a wide range among countries: from a minimum of 0.0% (Israel) and 2.6% (Croatia) to a maximum of a 35.0% (Germany). Some factors associated with the reporting levels were type of crash, type of vehicle involved, and injury severity. No relation was found between the likelihood of reporting and the cyclist´s gender, age, educational level, marital status, being a parent, use of helmet, and type of bicycle.The significant under-reporting - including injury crashes that do not lead to hospitalization - justifies the use of self-report survey data for assessment of bicycling crash patterns as they relate to (1) crash risk issues such as location, infrastructure, cyclists´ characteristics, and use of helmet and (2) strategic approaches to bicycle crash prevention and injury reduction. Fil: Shinar, D.. Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Israel Fil: Valero-Mora, P.. Universidad de Valencia; España Fil: van Strijp-Houtenbos, M.. Institute For Road Safety Research, Netherlands; Países Bajos Fil: Haworth, N.. Queensland University Of Technology Qut; Australia Fil: Schramm, A.. Queensland University Of Technology Qut; Australia Fil: de Bruyne, G.. Universiteit Antwerp; Bélgica Fil: Cavallo, V.. Ifsttar - French Institute Of Science And Technology For Transport, Development And Networks; Fil: Chliaoutakis, J.. Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima, Kritis; Fil: Dias, J.. Instituto Superior Tecnico; Portugal Fil: Ferraro, O.E.. Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia; Fil: Fyhri, A.. Transportokonomisk Institutt; Fil: Sajatovic, A. Hursa. University Of Zagreb, Faculty Of Textile Technology; Fil: Kuklane, K.. Lund University; Suecia Fil: Ledesma, Ruben Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Mascarell, O.. Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Israel Fil: Morandi, A.. Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia; Fil: Muser, M.. Working Group On Accident Mechanics; Fil: Otte, D.. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (mhh); Fil: Papadakaki, M.. Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima, Kritis; Fil: Sanmartín, J.. Universidad de Valencia; España Fil: Dulf, D.. Universitatea Babes-bolyai Din Cluj-napoca; Fil: Saplioglu, M.. Suleyman Demirel Universitesi; Fil: Tzamalouka, G.. Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima, Kritis |
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