Citation

Layfield RE, Maycock G. Traffic Eng. Control 1986; 27(6): 343-345.

Affiliation

Transport and Road Research Lab, Crowthorne, England

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Hemming Group)

DOI

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Abstract

Results from current studies suggest that cyclists have a particularly high risk of involvement in injury accidents at some types of roundabouts compared to other road-users and other types of junction. At roundabouts about half the pedal-cycle accidents occur at roundabout entries; circulating cyclists are hit by entering motor vehicles. Although only 8 percent of the total number of pedal-cycle accidents occur at roundabouts and gyratory systems, cycle accidents appear to cluster at these types of junction, with a small proportion of sites accounting for a large proportion of accidents. This suggests cycle accidents at roundabouts could be substantially reduced by accident countermeasures aimed at relatively few sites.

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