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San Francisco Paper Launches Bike Accident Tracker

thought this was a pretty useful idea....
San Francisco Paper Launches Bike Accident Tracker

By: Editor & Publisher Staff

Published: February 08, 2011

 

The Bay Citizen in San Francisco has launched a bike accident tracker on its website, BayCitizen.org.

The interactive map shows every bicycle accident that has been reported to the police in nearly two years. Users can click on an accident to get the full details on the location along with who was at fault and why.


According to the site, bike ridership in the city has grown 60 percent since 2006.


The tracker can be found here.

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Permalink Reply by igz on February 8, 2011 at 12:51pm
ooh. i like.  better than redeye's homicide tracker
Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on February 8, 2011 at 9:59pm
Yes, me likey too.  I do wonder what Chicago 'hotspots' would be...nominations?
Permalink Reply by igz on February 8, 2011 at 10:10pm
im really surprised there arent like 36 ghost bikes at milwaukee/north/damen.  glad there arent...but surprised.

chixieonfixie said:
Yes, me likey too.  I do wonder what Chicago 'hotspots' would be...nominations?
Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on February 9, 2011 at 12:05am

I've talked about doing something like this for Chicago.

 

I've considered a self-reporting website, and a website that just displays IDOT data. It seems the Chicago Police don't organize their data around bicycle crashes.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 9, 2011 at 6:48am
This is a REALLY good idea. It would shine some light on the problem areas and give the debate over "where resources should be spent" one more tool to focus on problem areas.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 9, 2011 at 6:59am
I absolutely agree.

James Baum said:
This is a REALLY good idea. It would shine some light on the problem areas and give the debate over "where resources should be spent" one more tool to focus on problem areas.
Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on March 9, 2011 at 8:24am

I randomly stumbled on this today reading the chicagoist....looks like Steven Vance has taken the initiative...4,931 crashes between '07 and '09, wow. Names are only published when the cyclist died and the name is known - I did not check for Ghost Bike locations but I hope they are represented.

 

Chicago Bike Crash Map, v2

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on March 9, 2011 at 2:30pm

To get the names of those who died while cycling, I checked the Ghost Bike website but it seems outdated. I also looked for newspaper articles on those dates, and also found some names on another website. I don't know if all fatalities are represented or even if they have the correct dates. 

 

As far as the self-reporting tool, I have pretty much ruled against making it. I don't think we can get enough quality data from it. There will still be too many unreported crashes and I don't know how to verify the accuracy of the reports. I believe it would only be used by the internet savvy cyclists, like those who visit The Chainlink.

 

I've written more about crash reporting on my blog.

Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on March 21, 2011 at 8:29am

Another article related to this today on the front page of the trib right now- cyclists stats on dooring accidents...

Cyclist call for state to track dooring accidents

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-...Cyclist call for state to track dooring accidents
Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on March 21, 2011 at 10:03am

This is part of an effort we've been pushing. We've asked for dooring stories in a previous Chainlink discussion.

 

Our hope is that IDOT will change it's policy so we that we can increase awareness and safety of this issue.

 

If not, we'll push for legislation to change the policy.

 

Thanks,

Ethan Spotts, Marketing & Communications Director, Active Trans



chixieonfixie said:

Another article related to this today on the front page of the trib right now- cyclists stats on dooring accidents...

Cyclist call for state to track dooring accidents

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-...Cyclist call for state to track dooring accidents
Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on March 21, 2011 at 10:45am

We are asking the public to contact IDOT about this, here is our blog posting:

 

Dan Persky

Director of Advocacy and Education, Active Trans

Dear IDOT: A Dooring is a Crash

 

Today, Chicago Tribune reported on Active Transportation Alliance's campaign to have Illinois Department of Transportation record doorings. We asked IDOT why their crash data doesn't include doorings. Their reponse, people aren't requesting that we track those crashes. We've asked and now we're asking again.

 

It is a crime in Illinois to open a car door into traffic when it isn't safe to do so. As we all know, way too many doorings result because of people not looking before opening their vehicle doors.

 

At our 2010 Annual Member Meeting we conducted a survey asking how many attendees had been doored. A majority of the bicyclists in the room had been doored. But these incidents will not be found anywhere in IDOT's data.

 

Please contact IDOT and tell them to count doorings as crashes. Call (217) 782-7820 or write a letter to Division of Traffic Safety, Illinois Department of Transportation, 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL 62764.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on March 21, 2011 at 11:13am

A "crime" or simply illegal?  I'm not a lawyer but I think there is slight semantic difference here.  

 

Seems like a civil traffic violation, not a criminal matter. 

 

 


Active Transportation Alliance said:

 

 

It is a crime in Illinois to open a car door into traffic when it isn't safe to do so. 

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