Foreword
Approximately one out of six highway fatalities in the United States is a bicyclist or pedestrian each year. Estimates for 1995 indicate that
61,000 bicyclists were injured and 830 were killed in traffic crashes. These crashes can be classified or "typed" by their precipitating
actions, predisposing factors, and characteristic populations and/or location that can be targeted for intervention.
The information provided in the following guide is the result of a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) research study that applied the basic
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) bicycle and pedestrian typologies to a sample of bicycle-and pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes
from six States with the purpose of refining and updating the crash type distributions. Particular attention was given to roadway and locational
factors in order to identify situations where engineering, educational, and/or regulatory countermeasures might be effectively implemented to
reduce the frequency of the crashes.
This informational guide should be of interest to State and local bicycle and pedestrian coordinators, transportation planners, and transportation
engineers involved in safety and risk management. Other interested parties include those in education, enforcement, and the medical profession.
Pub No. FHWA-RD-96-104
This work was done by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
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Ride Out At Residential Driveway
Ride Out At Commercial Driveway
- Part II
Ride Out From Sidewalk
- Part II
Ride Out At Midblock
- Part II
Ride Out At Stop Sign
- Part II
Trapped
- Part II
Multiple Threat
- Part II
Drive Out At Midblock
- Part II
Drive Out At Stop Sign
- Part II
Unknown
Right On Red
- Part II
Backing
- Part II
Drive Through
- Part II
Motorist Overtaking Failed To Detect
- Part II
Motorist Lost Control
- Part II
Motorist Overtaking - Counteractive Evasive Actions
- Part II
Motorist Overtaking - Misjudged Passing Space
- Part II
Motorist Overtaking - Bicyclist Path Obstructed
- Part II
Bicyclist Left Turn In Front Of Traffic
- Part II
Bicyclist Left Turn - Facing Traffic
- Part II
Bicyclist Lost Control
- Part II
Bicyclist Right Turn
- Part II
Motorist Left Turn In Front Of Bicyclist
- Part II
Motorist Left Turn - Facing Bicyclist
- Part II
Motorist Right Turn
- Part II
Uncontrolled Intersection - Other
- Part II
Wrong Way Bicyclist
- Part II
Bicyclist Overtaking
- Part II
Wrong Way Motorist
Non-Roadway
- Part II
Drive Out From On-Street Parking
- Part II
Weird
- Part II
Motorist Overtaking - Other
- Part II
Play Vehicle
- Part II
Bicyclist Strikes Parked Vehicle
- Part II
Drive Out At Intersection - Other
- Part II
Ride Out At Intersection - Other
- Part II
Controlled Intersection - Other
- Part II
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