Cycle Safety
The Cycling Promotion Fund, the Amy Gillett Foundation and Digicast have produced four great video clips with tips on how to avoid common risks when cycling in traffic.
These clips include:
- Dealing with Intersections
- Heavy Vehicles and Cyclists
- Dealing with Car doors
- Cyclist Visibility
Australian Bicycle Regulations
New South Wales
- Changes to the NSW road rules 1 July 2008
View PDF brochure - Podcast, ABC Central West NSW - "When is a bicycle no longer a bicycle?"
Visit SiteWhen does a bicycle cease to be a bicycle? That's what we asked the RTA's Sally Tindall about in light of confusing regulations around registration of motorised bicycles and scooters.
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Relevant publications or resources include the following:
- 2006, Deaths of cyclists due to road crashes: ATSB Road Safety Report, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra
View PDFThe report gives an overview of the circumstances of road crashes in which cyclists died in the period 1991 to 2005 and provides more detail for 1996 to 2004, the latest period for which detailed data were available. It examines the incidence of helmet wearing among cyclist deaths, the major factors in fatal crashes involving cyclists and the main crash types. Age and gender distributions, day of week, time of day and speed limit at the crash site are also examined.
- Berry, J.G. & Harrison, J.E. 2007, Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia, 2003-04: ATSB, Aust. Institute of Health & Welfare, Commonwealth of Australia, Flinders University, AIHW Injury Research and Statistics Series No. 38
View PDFThis report looks at serious injury in Australia due to land transport accidents (including cyclists) in the period 2003-04. Serious injury is defined for this report as an injury which results in the person being admitted to hospital, and subsequently discharged alive either on the same day or after one or more nights stay in a hospital bed (i.e. deaths are excluded).
- Berry, J.G. & Harrison, J.E. 2008, Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia, 2005-06: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Develpment and Local Government, Aust. Institute of Health & Welfare, Commonwealth of Australia, Flinders University, AIHW Injury Research and Statistics Series No. 42 View PDF
This report looks at serious injury in Australia due to land transport accidents (including cyclists) in the period 2005-06. Serious injury is defined for this report as an injury which results in the person being admitted to hospital, and subsequently discharged alive either on the same day or after one or more nights stay in a hospital bed (i.e. deaths are excluded).
- 2004, Monograph 17 - Cycle Safety: A national perspective, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra
Visit SiteHis monograph provides a statistical overview of the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on the public road system and a discussion of the available national activity data. It does not include data on cyclists killed and seriously injured in areas outside the public road system.
- Road Fatality Statistics
Visit SiteAustralian Transport Safety Bureau maintains the data collection on road fatality statistics for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This web page hosts all fatality data from 2003 to April 2007 (at the time of writing). Cycling deaths are separately identified.
Sharing the Road with Bicycle NSW - Statement of Position click here
Submission by the City of Sydney to Infrastructure Australia
Click here for full submission
Bicycle NSW submission for Union Street Project 3rd December 2008 click here
CHANGES TO ROAD RULES
The RTA has brought out changes to road rule click here for more details.
Bicycle NSW recently sent in a submission in relation to the Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan 2030.
Click here for more info.
Bicycle NSW was recently approached by the RTA to comment on the Iron Cove Bridge plans, and by SHFA (Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority) and the DoP (Department of Planning) to comment on the Callan Park Land Use Plan.
As a State based organization, we have broadened our feedback to reference the White Bay Rozelle to Cooks River Marrickville disused rail corridor (the Greenway) and the opportunities to build quality bike infrastructure coming out of any developments related to the M4 East.
Bicycle NSW submission for Victoria Road Upgrade November 17th 2008 click here
Click here for Submission to the DoP
Click here for Submission to the RTA
