Citation

Yang H, Cherry CR, Su F, Ling Z, Pannell Z, Li Y, Fu Z. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2019; 26(1): 30-36.

Affiliation

a National United Engineering Laboratory of Integrated and Intelligent Transportation , School of Transportation and Logistics , Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu , Sichuan , P. R. China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2018.1476382

PMID

29798710

Abstract

Unreported minor crashes have importance as a surrogate for more serious crashes that require infrastructure, education, and enforcement strategies; and they still inflict damages. To study factors that influence underreporting, cause, and severity of minor crashes; a survey was performed in Kunming and Beijing to collect self-reported personal characteristics and crash history data of the three major urban road users in China: automobile drivers, bicycle riders and electric bike (e-bike) riders. Underreporting rates of automobile to automobile, automobile to non-motorized vehicle, and non-motorized vehicle to non-motorized vehicle crashes are 56%, 77% and 94%, respectively. Minor crashes with higher reported injury severity levels are more likely to be reported. E-bike riders without a driver's license are more likely to cause crashes. Licensing and education could be an effective way to reduce their crashes. The party that is not at fault in a crash is more likely to sustain high level of injury.

Language: en

Keywords

Underreporting; electric bike; fault; injury severity; minor crash