AP-R157 PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLISTSAFEIY: INVESTIGATIONOFACCIDENISIN DIFFERENT ROADENVIRONMENTS AUSTROADS Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety - Investigation of Accidents in Different Road Environments First Published 2000 @ Austroads Inc. 2000 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without the prior written permission of Austroads. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety - Investigation of Accidents in Different Road Environments ISBN 0 85588 543 2 Austroads Project No. N.RS.9517 Austroads Publication No. AP-R157/00 Working Group Peter Cairney, ARRB Transport Research Rob Klein, VicRoads Gordon Lee, Queensland Department of Transport Steven Lovett, Roads and Traffic Authority New South Wales Project Officers Michael Tziotis, ARRB Transport Research Simon Cusack, ARRB Transport Research Zoanne Morrissy, ARRB Transport Research Published by Austroads Incorporated Level 9, Robell House 287 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone: +61 2 9264 7088 Fax: +61 2 9264 1657 Email: [email protected] www.austroads.com.au any consequences arising from the use of information herein. Readers should rely on their own skill and judgement to apply information to particular issues. PEDESTRIANANDCYCLISTSAFETY INVESTIGATION OFACCIDENTSINDIFFERENT ROADENVIRONMENTS AUSTROADS Sydney 2000 Austroads Incorporated Austroads is the association of Australian and New Zealand road transport and traffic authorities whose mission is to contribute to development and delivery of the Australasian transport vision by: : supporting safe and effective management and use of the road system developing and promoting national practices providing professional advice to member organisations and national and international bodies. Within this ambit, Austroads aims to provide strategic direction for the integrated development, management and operation of the Australian and New Zealand road system - through the promotion of national uniformity and harmony, elimination of unnecessary duplication, and the identification and application of world best practice. Austroads is governed by a council consisting of the chief executive (or an alternative senior executive officer) of each of its eleven member organisations. Member organisations Roads and Traffic Authority New South Wales Roads Corporation Victoria Department of Main Roads Queensland Main Roads Western Australia Transport South Australia Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources Tasmania Department of Transport and Works Northern Territory Department of Urban Services Australian Capital Territory Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services Australian Local Government Association Transit New Zealand Foreword at reducing the frequency and severity of crashes on the nations' road systems. An Austroads project N.RS.9517 Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety in Australia set out to gain a level of rise to four reports under the title Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety as follows: AP-R155 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety -Recent Developments This study reviewed developments in pedestrian and bicyclist safety with a view to identifying emerging issues and practice, emphasising the effectiveness of different facilities, behavioural AP-R156 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety -Pedestrian Crashes at Pedestrian Facilities This report undertakes an analysis of crashes at or near pedestrian facilities and identifies factors which may have contributed to accidents. AP-R157 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety -Investigation of Accidents in Different Road Environments Undertaken in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, this report presents the results of a comparison of pedestrian and bicycle casualty accident characteristics for different road environments. AP-R158 Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety - Comparison of Accidents in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland This report presents the results o