Mapping bicycle use and the risk of accidents for commuters who cycle to work in Belgium |
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| Affiliation: | 1. CORE & Department of Geography, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), 34 Voie du Roman Pays, Louvain-la-Neuve B-1348, Belgium;2. FRS-FNRS (National Fund for Scientific Research), Belgium;3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculteit LK, Department Human Physiology & Sports Medicine, 2 Pleinlaan, Brussels B-1050, Belgium;4. Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), 200 Boeretang, Mol B-2400, Belgium;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, 1212 Newmark Civil Engineering Bldg, 205 N. Mathews, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA;1. Delft University of Technology, Transport and Planning Department, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft, Netherlands;2. Technical University of Denmark, Department of Transport, Bygningstorvet, Building 116B, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;3. Aalborg University, Department of Architecture,Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark;1. National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;2. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, 624 N. Broadway St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA;1. Research Center of Vehicle and Traffic Safety (VTS), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, PR China;2. Department of Applied Mechanics, Division of Vehicle Safety, SAFER at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the spatial patterns of bicycle use for commuting and the risk cyclists run being injured in a road accident when commuting to work in Belgium. Exploratory data analyses suggest that the observed differences in the use of the bicycle to get to work are strongly linked to the urban hierarchy: commuters are more inclined to cycle in cities and specifically in regional towns (with 25 000 to 120 000 inhabitants). In large cities (more than 200 000 inhabitants), less commuting by bicycle takes place. The relationship between bicycle use and the risk of being seriously injured or killed in a road accident is also studied. A cluster analysis confirms that high proportions of commuter cyclists are correlated with low risks of becoming a casualty. It also shows that there are strong spatial differences (regional and between different types of towns) in bicycle use and the risk of an accident. This suggests that cycling policies should be spatially differentiated. |
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