Citation

Hutchinson TP, Lindsay VL. J. Australas. Coll. Road Saf. 2010; 21(3): 12-14.

Affiliation

Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Australasian College of Road Safety)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

Cases in a routine (police) database and in an at-scene in-depth database were used to try to identify a central story for cyclist accidents. Four types of event accounted for 28 of the 37 fatal cases. These four types were same direction, motor vehicle into rear of cycle; same direction, side swipe; cyclist turned or swerved unexpectedly into path of motor vehicle; and cyclist emerged unexpectedly into path of vehicle from an intersection or footway.