This study has already been published in a slightly different way. For the abstract see IRRD 862528 paper investigates whether or not it is safer to allow moped riders to use the carriageway. An accident study was performed in the form of a 'before' (November 1988-October 1991) and 'after' (1992) study with experimental and control areas. The municipalities of Apeldoorn, Tiel, and The Hague participated in the trial. On a number of roads within their built-up areas, moped riders were asked to move from the cycle track to the carriageway on November 1, 1991. It was shown that the 'mopeds on the carriageway' measure has exerted a favourable effect on injury-related moped accidents. Their number has been halved in the experimental areas. The same result is found for the number of accident victims. In particular, accidents between moped riders and cyclists, and between moped riders and motor vehicles have been considerably reduced. Although the overall effect of the measure appears to be favourable after one year, there are still insufficient grounds to already introduce it on a large scale. An after period of at least three years is considered necessary to arrive at a more wholehearted and well-founded recommendation. In addition, while the favourable effect could be demonstrated in Apeldoorn and The Hague, it was not seen in Tiel.
Samenvatting