Fatality rates associated with driving and cycling for all road users in Great Britain 2005 –2013

Publication date: Available online 22 November 2017 Source:Journal of Transport & Health Author(s): Shaun Scholes, Malcolm Wardlaw, Paulo Anciaes, Benjamin Heydecker, Jennifer S. Mindell Fatality rates based on deaths only to the drivers themselves do not accurately portray the impact of driving on road traffic deaths. We characterised more fully the impact of driving and cycling on road traffic fatalities by including deaths to all the other road users in fatal car or cycle crashes. We used crash data from the Great Britain National Road Accident Database (STATS19) and exposure data from the National Travel Survey. Rates were estimated as the ratio of fatalities to the amount of time travelled: fatalities per million hours’ use (f/mhu). Rates in 2005-07, 2008-10, and 2011-13 were calculated based on deaths to: (1) the drivers or cyclists themselves (persons ‘in charge’ of vehicles), (2) other, i.e. ‘third-party’, road users (e.g. passengers, drivers or riders of other vehicles, and pedestrians), and (3) both of these groups combined, i.e. all road users. Rates were stratified by the sex and age of the drivers or cyclists involved in the fatal crashes. Rates based on deaths to persons in charge of vehicles were higher for cyclists than for drivers, whereas those based on deaths to third-party road users showed the opposite. The inclusion of third-party deaths increased the overall rates considerably more for drivers than for cyclists. Nevertheless, th...
Source: Journal of Transport and Health - Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research