Bus stop design and traffic safety: An explorative analysis

One way to prioritize public transport over private vehicle mobility, is implement curbside rather than layby bus stop designs. There is, however, uncertainty about the consequences of implementing stops for traffic collision risks. To begin investigating this issue, we describe an exploratory analysis in which national data describing stops, road properties, collisions and built-up areas were merged based on geographical location. Analysis resulting set suggests that relative rates personal injury within 60 m stop, higher (0.32 vs. 0.22 per ten million passing vehicles, respectively). Our analyses suggest risk nearby not necessarily due design, but because they tend be located closer junctions side roads, where are more likely. consistent with hypotheses associated greater shares head-on or rear-end nor side-on stops. The limitations analysis, use national-level studying effects design risk, related lack control features other layby, statistical power, registration compromises made when coupling Future work should attempt build our approach, supplement database in-depth reports collisions, observations user conflicts near before-after studies following conversion from