SWOV researcher Jansen coauthored the article Caught in the blind spot of a truck: A choice model on driver glance behavior towards cyclists at intersections in Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Vulnerable road users (VRUs) constitute an increasing proportion of the annual road fatalities across Europe. One of the crash types involved in these fatalities are blind spot crashes between trucks and bicyclists. Despite the presence of mandatory blind spot mirrors, truck drivers are often reported to have overlooked the presence of a bicyclist. This raises the question if and when truck drivers check their blind spot mirrors for the presence of bicyclists, and which factors contribute to such glance behavior.
