Cyclists injured in traffic crashes in Hong Kong: A call for action.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perceived as a minor transportation mode mainly for recreation, cycling and its related safety issues have not been treated as a citywide concern in Hong Kong and have thus received inadequate research efforts. Our study aimed to illuminate the safety challenges faced by cyclists in Hong Kong.

Methods

We examined the police crash records from 1998 to 2017 and developed a Bayesian Poisson state space model to evaluate the longitudinal change in traffic injuries to cyclists. We then used quasi-induced exposure to measure the annual relative risk of crash involvement for cycling. Based on an officially published travel characteristics survey, we further measured the risk of injury for cycling per minutes cycled.

Results

Between 1998 and 2017, Hong Kong witness

SUBMITTER: Xu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688837 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature