Road safety in numbers

Family walking along

This page lists research demonstrating that the more people walk and cycle, the safer it becomes to do so.

Gender and critical mass: do high cycle flows correlate with a high proportion of female cyclists?
A Smith
London Analytics Research Journal, 2005, Issue 1


Effectiveness of speed cameras in preventing road traffic collisions and related casualties: systematic review 
P Pilkington and S Kinra
British Medical Journal 330 (2005) 331-334

Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling
P L Jacobsen
Injury Prevention 9 (2003) 205-209

Assessing the actual risks faced by cyclists
M Wardlaw
Traffic Engineering and Control 43;9 (2002) 352-256

Pedestrian risk decrease with pedestrian flow. A case study based on data from signalized intersections in Hamilton, Ontario
L Leden
Accident Analysis and Prevention 34;4 (2002) 457-464

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