Where, when and who: Geographic, temporal and demographic patterns in cyclist road traffic casualties in West Yorkshire

My presentation at the International Conference on Transport and Health

Transcript

1. Where, when and who: Geographic, temporal and demographic patterns in cyclist road traffic casualties in West Yorkshire 1 st International Conference of Transport and Health, London, 7 th July 2015 Robin Lovelace University of Leeds r.lovelace@leeds.ac.uk
2. A plug  Demonstration of the National Propensity to Cycle Tool (NPCT)  Wednesday, 4pm, 16:00 - 17:30 - Bring a laptop!
3. Structure  Main findings  Policy impact  Next steps This presentation is based on Lovelace, R., Roberts, H., & Kellar, I. (2015). Who, where, when: the demographic and geographic distribution of bicycle crashes in West Yorkshire. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
4. Context
5. The case study area
6. Bicycle crashes: an urban phenomonon?
7. Cycle risk is focussed in Leeds?
8. Estimating risk
9. Other patterns in the data  Clear seasonality  Upward trend
13. Shock finding!
14. II Policy Impact
15. Debate on BBC Leeds  Initial questions/premise to be challenged  Heckles  Supportive voices  Difficult to keep focus on evidence  For sound, see here:  https://audioboom.com/DrIanKellar
16. Lots of hot air on social media  See, for example, https://twitter.com/robinlovelace/sta tus/604408777312460800  But little evidence of any policy change…
17.  Linking road network with perceptions  Psychological experiments  Analysis of entirety of UK  Links with Near Miss Project  Work on relative risk groups (MAMILS)  Route-allocated risk III Next steps
18. <date/time> <footer> Conclusions Urgent need for crowd-sourced data on dangerous places Research on risk can be risky Best way to promote cycling: make it an everyday activity!
19. Identifying best practice  Now this is more like it, right? https://youtu.be/n884OXqG1Ro?t=20 m36s
20. References/resources Lovelace, R., Roberts, H., & Kellar, I. (2015). Who, where, when: the demographic and geographic distribution of bicycle crashes in West Yorkshire. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Retrieved from http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83930/ Accident data http://data.gov.uk/dataset/road-accidents-safety-data 5 accident hotspots map: http://rpubs.com/RobinLovelace/83969 http://www.crashmap.co.uk/