Cycling and Risk Taking survey

Could everyone who reads this please spare a few moments to do this:
http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~fringsd/cyclestudy.htm

The gist:

Dear Sir, Madam, Colleague,

Some of you will be aware that I am conducting research into cycling fatalities, if you are not aware then your e-mail address has been supplied to me as someone who may have an interest in the subject area.

In short, I am about to publish a web based questionnaire designed to explore risk taking behaviour in cyclists. The survey will take no more than 10 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous.

I am looking to explore specific data with regards to cyclists and Large Goods Vehicles, although the data I obtain will provide broader information as well. I am hoping that this research will obtain good quality data that can be used to inform road safety projects, aid training for all road users and, ultimately, reduce fatal and serious collisions, especially within the cycling community.

Some of you have assisted me in the preparation of the survey and some of you have taken a pilot study, those that have not are most welcome to complete the questionnaire themselves, but the main reason for sending this circulation is to ask you all to publicise the web link as far and wide as possible. Some of you have already agreed to host the link on a web page relevant to your organisation and I would ask that, if any of you have such a facility, that you do so as well. My target audience is, obviously, cyclists, but I do not want to be too specific about the groups of people I am interested in because people may self-exclude themselves, and I do not want that to happen, as all data will be useful.

You will all be aware that any research is only as good as the information that comes in, so the wider the response the more useful the information will be. I am sending this message out now so that those of you that need to prepare a web slot can do so and to ask those, for whom this is first contact, to consider what they may be able to do to assist.

I am hoping to send the link out very shortly and I will run the survey for a three week period when it goes live.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me, details below. The mobile telephone number is probably the best one.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Andy.

Andy Rose
Detective Inspector

Head of Collision Investigation Unit
Alperton Traffic Unit

The survey will definitely help us out, it adds third party authority and credibility to the dangers and the risks that people take.

I really do urge you all to complete the survey and to tell others about it.

And please do let us know you've completed it... as that will bump the thread and remind someone else to do so.

The survey runs until 6th April.

This guy was at the Roadpeace seminar a while back,
good to see the follow up, I am very interested in this.
+1 to V.B, take your time reading, filling it out people.

The questions are a bit vaige. The question about jumping the red has got to go in the very high risk simply because it says either side of the lorry. Any question about the nearside has got to be very high risk even if the RJL isnt. Odd.

done

Done.

Had to think quite carefully about my answers but helped me to consider my own behavious around HGVs.

The questions are a bit vaige. The question about jumping the red has got to go in the very high risk simply because it says either side of the lorry. Any question about the nearside has got to be very high risk even if the RJL isnt. Odd.

thought this too, was going to add that in the comment section but couldn't think how to phrase it.

nearside = side nearest the kerb/pavement (*sidewalk *if you are from America)
offside = farthest from the kerb.

^?

Done.

Is this survey aimed only at people who cycle in London, or do they want info from those of us who cycle outside of the capital too?

job done squire.

Is this survey aimed only at people who cycle in London, or do they want info from those of us who cycle outside of the capital too?

first question is "do you cycle in london y/n?" i dont see why those who don't couldn't/shouldn't fill it out.

Is this survey aimed only at people who cycle in London, or do they want info from those of us who cycle outside of the capital too?

Everyone, they ask whether you cycle in London so they have the ability to factor that into the resulting data they produce.

nearside = side nearest the kerb/pavement (*sidewalk *if you are from America)
offside = farthest from the kerb.

I know what the nearside is.

I mentioned the question in the comments. Done.

Done, and passed on to people at work.

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Done

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done. What do they mean with "The rider passes on either side of the lorry and stops in front of it" though? It makes a difference if you pass on the nearside or not. Also makes a difference on when the light has changed, if I can see mirrors, etc. Hard to answer just like that.

first question is "do you cycle in london y/n?" i dont see why those who don't couldn't/shouldn't fill it out.
That's why I asked, though I guess that question allows them to compare the London stats to the rest of the country. Will fill it out.

vg survey, apart from the question that assumes everyone's driven something motorbike-sized or larger.

done. What do they mean with "The rider passes on either side of the lorry and stops in front of it" though? It makes a difference if you pass on the nearside or not. Also makes a difference on when the light has changed, if I can see mirrors, etc. Hard to answer just like that.

I read it as "the rider passes on whichever side they think is safest and stops directly in front of it" and (for all of the questions) that the light is red throughout.

Done.

Well hopefully it will help.
Done.