Table 4-5 - Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crash Types
Monday, September 10, 2012
Table 4-5 - Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Crash Types
| Crash type | Percentage of crashes |
|---|---|
| Crossing paths | 57 |
| Parallel paths | |
| Motorist turned into path of bicyclist | 12 |
| Motorist overtaking bicyclist | 9 |
| Bicyclist turned into path of motorist | 7 |
| Bicyclist overtaking motorist | 3 |
| Operator on wrong side of road | 3 |
| Operator or motorist loss of control | 2 |
| Other circumstances | 7 |
| Total | 100 |
SOURCE: W.W. Hunter, J.C. Stutts, W.E. Pein, and C.L.Cox, Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early 1990s (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1996).