Cyclists and pedestrians in The Netherlands:​ different needs of injury protection?

van Kampen, L. T. B.

Affiliations

¹SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research

Abstract

A series of analyses of injury data from hospitalized cyclists and pedestrians based on Dutch national hospital data has been carried out. The main purpose of the study is to establish the (different?) needs of injury protection of cyclists and pedestrians, especially those colliding with cars. Contrary to the expectation based on the use of national accident data, there appeared to be an enormous number of hospitalized cyclists resulting from non-motor vehicle collisions. Their under-representation .in the national accident statistics appeared even greater than the under-representation of hospitalized cyclists and pedestrians in general.

This group of patients was analyzed as an additional third group. Conclusions regarding the specific injury patterns of the three groups, including influence of age, are drawn. Recommendations regarding the problem of underreporting and the means of protection against collision forces are given. This study forms part of a national plan regarding the stimulation of the use of bicycles in the Netherlands (CYCLE MASTERPLAN), in which plan the improvement of traffic safety of cyclists and the bicycle is explicitly aimed for. The study is carried out on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Traffic Engineering Department (DVK).

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1994	Haddak M, Ramet M, Romieu M. Analysis of the history of pedestrian leg injury severity in road accidents. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 23-26, 1994; Munich, Germany.1247-1252.