Working Group on Cycling Safety

Objective The aim of the Cycling Safety Working Group is to provide an opportunity for the intensive exchange of international experience on risk analysis and the design of cost effective safety interventions. It is intended to provide guidelines for improving cycling safety based on review of the best data and analysis available and case studies of policies in member countries. With the help of national experts, risk exposure and crash data will be collected and member country policy frameworks and instruments for improving cycling safety will be reviewed. The study will also explore the potential for implementation of innovative policies. A quantitative study on the effectiveness of interventions will be carried out. The Working Group held an international conference on Cycling Safety in Seoul, Korea, on April 7, 2011 with the collaboration of the Korean Transport Institute.

Participating Countries Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

Time Schedule The Working Group was launched in June 2010, and is scheduled to finish at the end of 2011, following its fifth meeting in November 2011. The final report is expected in the first quarter of 2012. For more information, please contact:  Sungwon LEE