Conflicten op fietspaden : fase 1.

Author(s)
Hair-Buijssen, S.H.H.M. de & Horst, A.R.A. van der
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Abstract

In The Netherlands, the usage of bicycle paths steadily increases. Over three quarters of hospitalised bicyclist victims cannot be directly related to a crash with motorised traffic. On bicycle paths, single-bicycle accidents, bicycle-bicycle and bicycle-moped accidents constitute a considerable share of all bicyclist injuries. In many cases another road user was (in)directly involved, either as a distracting or as a contributing element, as also was concluded in an earlier study on the pre-crash phase of accidents. Commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, TNO conducts a study into the behaviour of bicyclists and moped riders by behavioural observations with video to improve traffic safety on bicycle paths. Mutual conflicts and bicyclist behaviour on bicycle paths are recorded and analysed, among other things by means of the conflict observation method DOCTOR (Dutch Objective Conflict Technique for Operation and Research). This report provides the results of an explorative phase of the study (Phase 1), including two research locations, one in the city of Amsterdam and one in Eindhoven. Phase 2 of the project with a size of five to ten locations will start if the approach and methodology taken have proven to be appropriate and effective. The DOCTOR conflict observation method from video appears to be applicable for conflicts between intersecting road users and for head-on conflicts on the bicycle path. Conflict situations between bicyclists in the same direction (constituting an important share of injury accidents on bicycle paths) require an additional and more general systematic observation of specific behaviour. For Phase 2 of the project, it is recommended to pay additional attention to interactions between different bicycle path users in the same direction and underlying processes by specifically focusing on interactions between different types of users of recreational bicycle paths and on the influence of infrastructural characteristics such as lane width and path edges on busy urban bicycle paths. (Author/publisher)

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Library number
20180463 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Soesterberg, TNO Behavioural and Societal Sciences, 2012, 44 p. + bijl., 15 ref.; TNO-Rapport TNO 2012 R 10084

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