RESEARCH ARTICLES Evidence on Why Bike-Friendly Cities Are Safer for All Road Users
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Environmental Practice 13:16–27 (2011) D avis, California, often referred to as the bicycle capital of America since becoming the first city to gain “platinum” status from the League of American Bicyclists, should also be renowned for another reason: road safety. From 1997 through 2007, the years examined for this study, Davis experienced only 14 fatal road crashes within city limits, and 10 of those occurred on limited-access highways ~CHP, 1997–2007!. And despite a greater percentage of people biking to work than any other city in the United States, only two of these fatal crashes involved bicyclists. With a fatal crash rate in Davis of less than 2.1 per 100,000 residents over that time, far fewer people are killed on their roads than in the United States ~US! as a whole, which averaged 14.8 fatalities per 100,000 residents over that same time frame.
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