Contraflow cycling crash risk identical to with-flow

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Contraflow cycling crash risk identical to with-flow

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New study of 508 one-way London streets with a bike lane:

"Crash rates are identical whether the cyclist is traveling with flow or contraflow."

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106895

(Thanks to David Zipper)
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Re: Contraflow cycling crash risk identical to with-flow

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And not necessarily with a bike lane - just an exemption from the one way order.

Of course if those segments are just as safe either way then any one-way street that doesn't permit contraflow cycling will unnecessarily increase the risk to cyclists, because the alternative route will increase the distance (an thus exposure to risk) a cyclist has to travel to reach their destination.
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