TY  - CONF
A1  - Hair, Stefanie de
A1  - Engbers, Carola
A1  - Dubbeldam, Rosemary
A1  - Zeegers, Theo
A1  - Liers, Henrik
T1  - A better understanding of single cycle accidents of elderly cyclists
N2  - Cycling supports the independence and health of the aging population. However, elderly cyclists have an increased injury risk. The majority of injured cyclists is victim of a single-sided accident, an accident in which there is no other party involved. The aim of the project "Safe and Aware on the bicycle" is to develop guidelines for an advisory system that is useful in preventing single-sided accidents. This system is able to support the elderly cyclist; enabling the cyclist to timely adapt his cycling behaviour and improve cycling safety and comfort. For the development of such advisory system the causes of singles accidents and the wishes of the elderly cyclist must be known. First step to obtain this insight was a literature survey and an GIDAS research. Unfortunately accidentology research with GIDAS did not give the full understanding of the pre-crash situations and (especially the behaviour related) factors leading to the accident. The second step was consultation of elderly cyclist through a questionnaire (n=800), in-depth interviews (n=12) and focus group sessions (n=15). This offered complementary information and a much better understanding of the behavioural aspects. Results concern the behaviour in traffic and identify specific physical (i.e. problems looking backwards over the shoulder) and mental issues. Furthermore, the needs and wishes for support in specific cycling situations were identified. In conclusion; The GIDAS results together with the information obtained contacting the elderly cyclists enabled setting up requirements for an advisory system, which is useful in preventing single-sided accidents.
KW  - Alte Leute
KW  - Deutschland
KW  - Eins
KW  - Fahrrad
KW  - Interview
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Niederlande
KW  - Radfahrer
KW  - Schweregrad (Unfall
KW  - Verletzung)
KW  - Unfall
KW  - Unfallrekonstruktion
KW  - Accident
KW  - Accident reconstruction
KW  - Bicycle
KW  - Conference
KW  - Cyclist
KW  - Germany
KW  - Interview
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Old people
KW  - One
KW  - Severity (acid
KW  - injury)
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1417
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-14173
N1  - Außerdem beteiligt: Roessingh Research & Development (Enschede); Fietsersbond; Verkehrsunfallforschung an der TU Dresden GmbH
ER  -