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Two current research studies of road
bicycle accidents
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Due to enormous
Bunch
Riding on
Beach Road near Melbourne, particularly on
weekends, nearby Sandringham Hospital evidences a high
frequency of bicycle trauma accidents.
Bayside bike crashes to be central to study
reports that Sandringham Hospital emergency physician,
Paul Biegler, is hopeful that Monash University Accident Research
Centre and
The Alfred Hospital's "Sandringham Bicycle Collision
Study" might reduce
them.
On 9 June '11,
Dr. James Taylor reported that:
88 interviews
completed;
17 further
interviews planned; and
210 interviews unsuccessful (declined).
".....it was
hoped to complete 200 interviews (relating to actual
crashes along Beach Rd) before the end of the year."
On 22 March 2012, Dr
Paul Biegler presented preliminary findings:
· 159
participants were interviewed as part of the study
between Oct. 2010 and Oct. 2011
· 72% of
people interviewed were males
· 61%
ride more than 3 times per week
· 59% of
crashes occurred at 20km or less
· 40% of
trips were less than 10km
· 90% of
riders were wearing a helmet
· 42% of
cyclists in crashes had helmet damage
· 94% of
crashes occurred on roads with a speed limit of 60kph or
less
· 18% of
crashes occurred in bunch riding
· 39
cyclist crashes with motor vehicles (this includes 10
car doorings)
Alas, thus far, no statistics of the frequency of
bicycles striking other bicycles per weekend on Beach
Rd, which should be a primary consideration when
investigating bicycle accidents by
Bunch Riders.
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