Exposure-Based, 'Like-for-Like' Assessment of Road Safety by Travel Mode Using Routine Health Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mindell, Jennifer S ^a   Leslie, Deborah ^b   Wardlaw, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PEDESTRIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC MEDICINE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870773549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050606     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Oja P, Titze S, Bauman A, de Geus B, Krenn P, et al. (2011) Health benefits of cycling: a systematic review. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 21: 496-509.
2. Heinen E, van Wee B, Maat K, (2010) Commuting by bicycle: An overview of the literature. Transport Rev. 30: 59-96.
3. Rojas-Rueda D, de Nazelle A, Tanio M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, (2011) The health risks and benefits of cycling in urban environments compared with car use: health assessment study. BMJ. 343: d4521.
4. Jarrett J, Woodcock J, Griffiths UK, Chalabi Z, Edwards P, et al. (2012) Effect of increasing active travel in urban England and Wales on costs to the National Health Service. Lancet. 379: 2198-205.
5. Cope A, Muller L, Kennedy A (2009) Cycling demonstration towns. Monitoring report 2006 to 2009. London: Cycling England.
6. Transport for London (2008) Central London Congesting Charging Impacts Monitoring. Sixth annual report, July 2008. London: TfL.
7. Sonkin B, Edwards P, Roberts I, Green J, (2006) Walking, cycling and transport safety: an analysis of child road deaths. J Roy Soc Med. 99: 402-5.
8. Rissel C, Campbell F, Ashley B, Jackson L, (2002) Driver road rule knowledge and attitudes towards cyclists. Aus J Primary Health. 8: 66-9.
9. Wegman F, Zhang F, Dijkstra A, (2012) How to make more cycling good for road safety? Accid Anal Prev. 44: 19-29.
10. Christie N, Cairns S, Towner E, Ward H, (2007) How exposure information can enhance our understanding of child traffic "death leagues". Injury Prev (13) (): 125-129.
11. TRL, Transport Research Laboratory (2001) Cost-benefit analysis of measures for vulnerable road users. PROMISING: Promotion of Measures for Vulnerable Road Users Deliverable D5. www.swov.nl/rapport/promising/wp5final.pdf (accessed 10/10/2012).
12. Department for Transport (2011) National Travel Survey 2010. London: DfT.
13. Shafer A (2000) Regularities in travel demand; an international perspective. Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), US Department of Transport. www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/volume_03_number_03/paper_01/(accessed 15/06/12).
14. Knowles J, Adams S, Cuerden R, Savill T, Reid S, et al. (2009) Collisions involving pedal cyclists on Britain's roads: establishing the causes. Transport Research Laboratory report PPR445. Crowthorne, Berks: TRL. www.trl.co.uk/online_store/reports_publications/trl_reports/cat_road_user_safety/report_collisions_involving_pedal_cyclists_on_britain_s_roads_establishing_the_causes_.htm (accessed 15/06/2012).
15. Tranter M (2008) The use of hospital data on road accidents. In: Road Casualties Great Britain 2007. Department for Transport. London: TSO Publications. 78 p.
16. Beck LF, Dellinger AM, O'Neil ME, (2007) Motor vehicle crash injury rates by mode of travel, United States: Using exposure-based methods to quantify differences. Am J Epidemiol. 166: 212-8.
17. HES Online. www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=211 (accessed 05/02/2012).
18. Davis A, Cavill N, Wardlaw M, Mindell JS (2011) Physical activity, trends in walking and cycling and the obesity epidemic. In: Mindell JS, Watkins SJ, Cohen JM, editors. Health on the move 2. Policies for health promoting transport. Stockport: Transport and Health Study Group. 2-12.
19. Bhagat A, Tranter M (2008) Comparative casualty rates by mode of travel: 2006. In: Road Casualties Great Britain 2007. Department for Transport. London: TSO Publications. 82 p.
20. De Hartog JJ, Boogaard H, Nijland H, Hoek G, (2010) Do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks? Environmental Health Perspectives (118) (): 1109-16.
21. Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (2010) Mobiliteit in Nederland; mobiliteitskenmerken en vervoerwijzen, regio's. http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=81127NED&LA=NL (accessed 15/06/12).
22. Dobson AJ, Kuulasmaa K, Eberle E, Scherer J, (1991) Confidence intervals for weighted sums of Poisson parameters. Stat Med. 10: 457-62.
23. Blows S, Ivers RQ, Connor J, Ameratunga S, Woodward M, et al. (2005) Unlicensed Drivers and Car Crash Injury. Traffic Injury Prev. 6: 230-4.
24. Wardlaw M, (2003) Assessing the actual risks faced by cyclists. Traffic Engineer Control. 43: 420-24.
25. Hillman M (1992) Cycling towards health and safety. British Medical Association ISBN 0-19-286151-4.
26. Rabl A, de Nazzelle, (2001) A (2001) Benefits of shift from car to active transport. Transport Pol. 19: 121-131.
27. Pucher J, Dijkstra L, (2003) Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health: lessons from the Netherlands and Germany. Am J Public Health. 93: 1509-16.
28. Byberg L, Melhus H, Gedeborg R, Sundström J, Ahlbom A, et al. (2009) Total mortality after changes in leisure time physical activity in 50 year old men: 35 year follow-up of population based cohort. BMJ. 338: b688.
29. Siman-Tov M, Jaffe DH, (2012) Israel Trauma Group (2012) Bicycle injuries: A matter of mechanism and age. Accid Anal Prev. 44: 135-9.
30. Christie N, Ward H, Kimberlee R, Lyons R, Towner E, et al. (2010) Road Traffic Injury Risk in Disadvantaged Communities: Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Road Safety Initiative, Publication No. 19.London: Department for Transport. Road Safety Web.
31. Morency P, Gauvin L, Plante C, Fournier M, Morency C, (2012) Neighborhood Social Inequalities in Road Traffic Injuries: The Influence of Traffic Volume and Road Design. Am J Public Health. 102: 1112-1119.
32. Department for Transport (2009) Road Casualties Great Britain 2008. London: TSO.
33. Langford J, Koppel A, McCarthy D, Srinivasan S, (2008) In defence of the 'low milage bias'. Accid Anal Prev. 40: 1996-1999.
34. Li G, Braver ER, Chen LH, (2003) Fragility versus excessive crash involvement as determinants of high death rates per vehicle-mile of travel among older drivers. Accid Anal Prev. 35: 227-235.
35. Oxley J, Corben B, Fildes B, O'Hare M, Rothengatter T, (2004) Older vulnerable road users- measures to reduce crash and injury risk. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report no. 218: 164pp www.monash.edu.au/miri/research/reports/muarc218.html (accessed 29/10/2012).