Introduction

In France the number of injuries involving cyclists has risen over the last 10 years. With the widespread use of ICT devices, secondary tasks have become a major focus for transport safety research. They have also been identified as a predictor of collision. Although still scarce, this literature on cyclists’ secondary tasks identifies a recurrent profile. Young cyclists are in the spotlight as they often use earbuds or headphones and combine such use with taking other major risks on the road. Despite their vulnerability, their group accounts for only 12% of severe fatalities, which is proportional to their share of the urban cyclist population. This paper explores other cyclist profiles in an attempt to understand the discrepancy between the perception of risk-prone behaviour and transport safety statistics.

Methods

We seek to establish more nuanced profiles, i.e. cyclists who balance risk-taking and safety. In order to detect these profiles, we conducted 1746 observations at 14 locations in the city of Besançon (France). For each observation we considered 30 variables that provide information on the cyclist's profile, secondary tasks, risks taken, and safety equipment.

Results

These observed situations show that the two well-documented profiles (i.e. ‘risk-prone’ or ‘risk-averse’) together represent only 53.84% of our observations. We identify more mitigated profiles. Primarily a large group (37.29%) consists of middle-aged and elderly cyclists who are poorly equipped, who are rarely engaged in any secondary tasks, but who take occasional risks on the road.

Conclusions

Policies that aim to reduce the use of ICT devices on bike for all are necessary but not sufficient for reducing collisions. In addition to providing dedicated infrastructure, more targeted responses need to be provided to these different groups, such as focused actions on safety equipment and compliance with the traffic regulations for elderly cyclists.

中文翻译：

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超越“好”和“坏”骑自行车的人。关于冒险、安全设备和次要任务之间的补偿效应

介绍

在法国，骑自行车受伤的人数在过去 10 年里有所上升。随着 ICT 设备的广泛使用，次要任务已成为运输安全研究的主要焦点。它们也被确定为碰撞的预测因子。尽管仍然很少，但这些关于骑自行车者次要任务的文献确定了一个反复出现的特征。年轻的自行车手是人们关注的焦点，因为他们经常使用耳塞或耳机，并将这种使用与在路上承担其他重大风险相结合。尽管他们很脆弱，但他们的群体仅占严重死亡人数的 12%，这与他们在城市骑自行车人口中的比例成正比。本文探讨了其他骑自行车者的概况，试图了解对风险倾向行为的看法与运输安全统计数据之间的差异。

方法

我们寻求建立更细致入微的档案，即平衡冒险和安全的骑自行车者。为了检测这些剖面，我们在贝桑松（法国）市的 14 个地点进行了 1746 次观测。对于每次观察，我们考虑了 30 个变量，这些变量提供了有关骑车人的个人资料、次要任务、承担的风险和安全设备的信息。

结果

这些观察到的情况表明，两个记录良好的概况（即“风险倾向”或“风险规避”）一起仅代表我们观察结果的 53.84%。我们确定了更多缓解的配置文件。主要是一大群（37.29%）由装备简陋的中老年骑自行车者组成，他们很少从事任何次要任务，但偶尔会在路上冒险。

结论

旨在减少所有人在自行车上使用 ICT 设备的政策是必要的，但不足以减少碰撞。除了提供专用的基础设施外，还需要为这些不同的群体提供更有针对性的应对措施，例如重点关注安全设备和遵守交通规则的老年骑自行车者。