A new report aimed at reducing vehicle and bicyclist collisions has identified 22 safety recommendations.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s report addresses issues including roadway and intersection design, collision avoidance technology, blind spot detection systems and helmet use.
Investigators identified two primary areas that, if addressed, would have the biggest effect on reducing the number of vehicle-bicycle collisions: improving roadway infrastructure for bicyclists and enhancing their visibility to other road users.
“If the recommendations issued in our report are adopted, more Americans on bikes will arrive at their destinations safely,” said NTSB Chairman Robert L Sumwalt.
Recent statistics show that 857 bicyclists died in crashes in 2018 — a 6.3 percent increase over 2017— in a year when total road fatalities went down 2.4 percent.
