What Can We Learn From Georgia s Bicycle Data?

What Can We Learn From Georgia s Bicycle Data?

Bicyclist Fatality Trends Bicyclist Fatalities 1994-2010 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 US Southeast Georgia FARS, 2010

GA Non-Fatal Bicyclist Crashes Trends 700 GA Bicyclist Crashes & Injuries 2006-2010 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Property Damage Only Mild Injury Serious Injury GDOT, 2010

Bicyclist Fatality Locations Walker Polk Floyd Catoosa 6 Haralson Bartow Carroll Heard Whitfield Murray Troup Gordon Paulding Harris Clay Coweta Muscogee Early Meriwether Miller Calhoun Decatur Pickens Fayette Baker Fannin Clayton Pike Chattahoochee Marion Schley Quitman Stewart Randolph Gilmer Cobb 7 Cherokee 3 Talbot Upson Terrell Dawson De Kalb Spalding Taylor Dougherty Grady Forsyth Henry Lamar Sumter Lee Lumpkin Gwinnett Butts Crawford Macon 4 Mitchell Union Hall Monroe Thomas Towns 1 Newton Peach Dooly Crisp Worth White Barrow Walton Bibb Colquitt Jackson Jasper Houston Brooks Banks Jones Turner Clarke Morgan Tift Rabun Putnam Twiggs Pulaski Wilcox Cook Franklin Madison Baldwin Irwin Dodge Ben Hill Berrien Greene Lowndes Hart Oglethorpe Wilkinson Hancock 2 Lanie r Elbert Taliaferro Laurens Telfair Wilkes Coffee Atkinson Warren Washington Wheeler Johnson Jeff Davis Clinch Lincoln Jefferson Treutlen Bacon Columbia Emanuel Toombs Ware Appling Pierce Charlton GDOT Districts Richmond 5 Burke Jenkins Candler Tattnall Evans Wayne Brantley Bulloch Long Screven Glynn Camden Bryan Liberty McIntosh Effingham Chatham Echols

Top 15 Counties & Streets 1. Chatham Habersham St, Bull St, Abercorn St, Waters Ave 2. Fulton North Ave, Peachtree Industrial, Moreland Ave 3. DeKalb Robert E. Lee Blvd(Stone Mtn), East Ponce de Leon Ave 4. Cobb Macland Rd, Atlanta Rd, Powder Springs Rd 5. Richmond Broad St, Walton Way, Shirley Ave 6. Gwinnett Buford Hwy, Sugarloaf Pkwy, Rockbridge Rd 7. Clarke Lumpkin St, Broad St, Baxter St 8. Lowndes GA 7, Baytree Rd 9. Muscogee 27 th St, Lumpkin Rd, Veterans Pkwy 10. Clayton Tara Blvd, I-75 11. Dougherty North Slappey Blvd, GA 123 12. Bibb Hall St, Eisenhower Pkwy 13. Glynn Altama Ave, MLK Blvd 14. Floyd Shorter Ave, Martha Berry Hwy 15. Hall GA 369, GA 60

Roadway Characteristics 50 45 Bicyclist Fatalities by Road Type 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Urban Arterial Urban Local Street Urban Collector Rural Arterial Rural Local Street Rural Collector

Roadway Characteristics

When are fatalities occurring? Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Midnight to 3:59am 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 11 4am to 7:59am 0 3 1 2 3 1 5 15 8am to 11:59am 3 0 2 4 3 5 1 18 Noon to 3:59pm 1 4 3 1 3 0 5 17 4pm to 7:59pm 3 7 5 4 6 4 2 31 8pm to 11:59pm 2 5 1 5 7 3 4 27 12 20 13 18 23 14 19

When are fatalities occurring? SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER Midnight to 3:59am 2 3 2 4 11 4am to 7:59am 7 5 1 2 15 8am to 11:59am 6 3 6 3 18 Noon to 3:59pm 4 7 4 2 17 4pm to 7:59pm 3 6 11 11 31 8pm to 11:59pm 8 9 6 4 27 30 33 30 26

Light Conditions Dusk 9% Dawn 5% Dark But Lighted 10% Day 43% Dark 33%

Bicyclist Characteristics

Bicyclist Characteristics

Bicyclist Characteristics

Bicyclist Characteristics 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fatal Vs NonFatal Bicyclist Crash Victims: Avg Age Fatal NonFatal

Bicyclist Characteristics Bike Helmet Use by Injury Type No Injury Complaint Visible Injury Serious Injury Fatal Injury 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Bicyclist Characteristics Bike Helmet Use by Age 15 and Younger 16 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and Older 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Bicyclist Characteristics Fatally Injured Bicyclists by Race/Ethnicity Asian 2% Hispanic 8% African American 41% White 49%

Motorist Characteristics

Motorist Characteristics Gender 60% male drivers Age 53 years old Driver s License Driving Record Safety Belt Use 88% full current license 69% clean no crashes, violations 87% wearing safety belt Vehicle Occupants 75% alone in car

Vehicle Characteristics

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Vehicle Characteristics 5,000,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 GA Passenger Car/LTV Registrations (1991-2010) Autos LTVs

Vehicle Characteristics LTV Incompatibility: Mass Stiffness Geometry

Vehicle Characteristics

Vehicle Characteristics 60% Vehicles Involved in Fatal Bicycle Crashes 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LTVs Passenger Cars Heavy Trucks Buses Motorcycles

Vehicle Characteristics 60% Vehicles Involved in Non-Fatal Bike Crashes 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LTVs Passenger Cars Heavy Trucks Buses Motorcycles

Crash Circumstances 80% of fatal bicycle crashes involving a vehicle striking the rear tire of a bicycle occurred in adverse light conditions

Contributing Factors: Fatal Crashes 1. Visibility Bicyclist Not Visible/Motorist Glare 2. Failure to Yield Bicyclist or Motorist 3. Impaired Riding/Driving 4. Motorist Hit & Run 5. Wrong Way Bicyclist 6. Bicyclist Failed to Obey Traffic Signal 7. Bicyclist Darted into Roadway 8. Distraction/Inattention Bicyclist or Motorist 9. Speeding Bicyclist or Motorist 10.Environmental Factor 11.Failure to Maintain Lane Bicyclist or Motorist 12.Motorist Following Too Close

Contributing Factors: Non-Fatal Crashes 1. Failure to Yield Bicyclist or Motorist 2. Visibility Bicyclist Not Visible/Motorist Glare 3. Wrong Way Bicyclist 4. Distraction/Inattention Bicyclist or Motorist 5. Bicyclist Failed to Obey Traffic Signal 6. Failure to Maintain Lane Bicyclist or Motorist 7. Motorist Failed to Obey Traffic Signal 8. Wrong Way Motorist 9. Motorist Passed Improperly 10. Impaired Riding/Driving 11. Bicyclist Lost Control 12. Motorist Following Too Close 13. Bicyclist Mechanical Failure 14. Motorist Turned Improperly 15. Bicyclist Following Too Close

Recommendations Walker Polk Floyd Catoosa 6 Haralson Bartow Carroll Heard Whitfield Murray Troup Gordon Paulding Harris Clay Coweta Muscogee Early Meriwether Miller Calhoun Decatur Pickens Fayette Baker Fannin Clayton Pike Chattahoochee Marion Schley Quitman Stewart Randolph Cobb 7 Gilmer Cherokee 3 Talbot Upson Terrell Dawson De Kalb Spalding Taylor Dougherty Grady Forsyth Henry Lamar Sumter Lee Lumpkin Gwinnett Butts Crawford Macon 4 Mitchell Union Hall Monroe Thomas Towns 1 Newton Peach Dooly Crisp Worth White Barrow Walton Bibb Colquitt Jackson Jasper Houston Brooks Banks Jones Turner Clarke Morgan Tift Rabun Putnam Twiggs Pulaski Wilcox Cook Franklin Madison Baldwin Irwin Dodge Ben Hill Berrien Greene Lowndes Hart Oglethorpe Wilkinson Hancock 2 Lanie r Elbert Taliaferro Laurens Telfair Wilkes Coffee Atkinson Warren Washington Wheeler Johnson Jeff Davis Clinch Lincoln Jefferson Treutlen Bacon Target Urban Areas But Not Just Atlanta Columbia Emanuel Toombs Ware Appling Pierce Richmond 5 Charlton Burke Jenkins Candler Tattnall Evans Wayne Brantley Bulloch Long Screven Glynn Camden Bryan Liberty McIntosh Effingham Chatham Echols

Recommendations Target Commuters

Recommendations Promote Safer Bicycle Routes

Recommendations Make Conspicuity The Focal Point: Dawn, Dusk & Dark

Conspicuity: Lights

Recommendations Target Men Between the Ages of 45 and 64

Recommendations Target Cyclists of Minority Race/ Ethnicity

Recommendations Discourage Growing Beer and Bikes Culture

Recommendations Target Drivers Especially LTV Drivers

Recommendations Fight Distracted Driving and Riding

Questions?

TSREG Contact Information Dr. Carol Cotton Principal Investigator 706-542-2804 cpcotton@uga.edu James Barlament Program Analyst 706-542-4246 jambar@uga.edu http://www.publichealth.uga.edu/hpb/research/tsreg