Prävention von Fahrradfahrerunfällen

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • H. Zwipp - , Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, UniversitätsCentrum für Orthopädie, Unfall - und Plastische Chirurgie (OUPC) (Autor:in)
  • P. Barthel - , Polizei Sachsen (Autor:in)
  • J. Bönninger - , Symate GmbH (Autor:in)
  • H. Bürkle - , Daimler AG (Autor:in)
  • C. Hagemeister - , Professur für Diagnostik und Intervention (Autor:in)
  • L. Hannawald - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • R. Huhn - , Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club e. V. (ADFC) (Autor:in)
  • M. Kühn - , Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft (GDV) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • H. Liers - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • R. Maier - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • D. Otte - , Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) (Autor:in)
  • G. Prokop - , Professur für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik (Autor:in)
  • A. Seeck - , Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (Autor:in)
  • J. Sturm - , Akademie der Unfallchirurgie GmbH (Autor:in)
  • T. Unger - , Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club e. V. (ADAC) (Autor:in)

Abstract

For a very precise analysis of all injured bicyclists in Germany it would be important to have definitions for severely injured, seriously injured and critically injured. By this, e.g., two-thirds of surgically treated bicyclists who are not registered by the police could become available for a general analysis. Elderly bicyclists (> 60 years) are a minority (10 %) but represent a majority (50 %) of all fatalities. They profit most by wearing a helmet and would be less injured by using special bicycle bags, switching on their hearing aids and following all traffic rules. E-bikes are used more and more (145 % more in 2012 vs. 2011) with 600,000 at the end of 2011 and are increasingly involved in accidents but still have a lack of legislation. So even for pedelecs 45 with 500 W and a possible speed of 45 km/h there is still no legislative demand for the use of a protecting helmet. 96 % of all injured cyclists in Germany had more than 0.5 ‰ alcohol in their blood, 86 % more than 1.1 ‰ and 59 % more than 1.7 ‰. Fatalities are seen in 24.2 % of cases without any collision partner. Therefore the ADFC calls for a limit of 1.1 ‰. Some virtual studies conclude that integrated sensors in bicycle helmets which would interact with sensors in cars could prevent collisions or reduce the severity of injury by stopping the cars automatically. Integrated sensors in cars with opening angles of 180° enable about 93 % of all bicyclists to be detected leading to a high rate of injury avoidance and/or mitigation. Hanging lamps reduce with 35 % significantly bicycle accidents for children, traffic education for children and special trainings for elderly bicyclists are also recommended as prevention tools. As long as helmet use for bicyclists in Germany rates only 9 % on average and legislative orders for using a helmet will not be in force in the near future, coming up campaigns seem to be necessary to be promoted by the Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat as, e.g., Helmets are cool. Also, spots in TV should be broadcasted like The 7th sense or Traffic compass, which were warning car drivers many years ago of moments of danger but now they could be used to warn bicyclists of life-threatening situations in traffic.

Details

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Seiten (von - bis)177-186
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftZeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie
Jahrgang153
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Apr. 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 25874397
ORCID /0000-0002-0679-0766/work/162845234

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • automatic communication, bicycle helmet, car sensors, cyclists, traffic accident research