The role of intersection and street design on severity of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes

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The role of intersection and street design on severity of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes

title: The role of intersection and street design on severity of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes

creator: Asgarzadeh, Morteza; Verma, Santosh; Mekary, Rania A.; Courtney, Theodore K.; Christiani, David C

subject: bicycle-motor vehicle crashes

department: Pharmacy

abstract: Safety concerns are a major barrier to cycling. Intersection and street design variables such as intersection angles and street width might contribute to the severity of crashes and the safety concerns. In thisstudy we examined whether these design variables were associated with bicycle-motor vehicle crashes (BMVC) severity.Compared with crashes at orthogonal intersections, crashes at non-orthogonal intersections had 1.37 times (95% CI 1.05 to 1.80) and non-intersection street segments had 1.31 times (95% CI 1.01 to 1.70)higher risk of a severe injury.

date: 2016-11-09

type: Faculty Publications

identifier: doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042045

citation: Injury Prevention, 2017, vol. 23, p.179-185

rights: Open Access

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