- Titel
- Development of German pedelec (and bicycle) accidents between 2012 and 2020
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-824523
- Konferenz
- International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC). Dresden, 08.-10. November 2022
- Quellenangabe
- Contributions to the 10th International Cycling Safety Conference 2022 (ICSC2022)
Herausgeber: Prof. Dr. Tibor Petzoldt
Herausgeber: Prof. Dr. Regine Gerike
Herausgeber: Juliane Anke
Herausgeber: Dr. Madlen Ringhand
Herausgeber: Bettina Schröter
Erscheinungsort: Dresden
Verlag: Technische Universität Dresden
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seiten: 4-6 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2022
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25368/2022.417
- Abstract (EN)
- In the recent years, pedelecs (pedal electric cycles) have seen a massive growth. in ridership. In 2013, around 1.3 million e-bilces were on German roads, while in 2020, this number was already at 8.5 million (with about 99% of the e-bikes being pedelecs). The rapid spread of pedelecs has given rise to concerns for road safety, especially due to the fact that riders of electric bicycles reach higher speeds. Indeed, some studies have reported that pedelec riders suffer from more severe crashes than users of conventional bikes. However, the highly dynamic development in pedelec ownership and use might cast some doubts on the long term validity of investigations of pedelec accidents and their characteristics that have to rely on data collected over shorter periods of time. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate pedelec accidents and their characterutics over several years in a longitudinal fashion. and compare them to accidents involving cyclists, tobe able to identify trends, and to clarify whether such trends are specifiic to pedelecs. [From: Introduction]
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Elektrofahrrad, Unfälle, Unfallanalyse, E-Bike, E-Bike-Sicherheit, ICSC
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- electric bicycle, crashes, accident analysis, e-bike, e-bike safety, ICSC
- Publizierende Institution
- Technische Universität Dresden, 'Friedrich List' Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-824523
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 19.12.2022
- Dokumenttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
CC BY 4.0