A comprehensive study was commissioned by the City of Vancouver to review the safety of cycling in Vancouver and to create an action plan to address identified issues.
The study was completed in 2014 by Urban Systems, in association with the Cycling in Cities Research Program at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, with support from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).
The work leading up to the study involved a detailed analysis of cycling collision and injury data between 2007 and 2012 in the City of Vancouver to understand where, when and how cycling collisions occurred and who was involved, along with an evidence-based action plan to improve cycling safety.
In addition, the study analyzed the injury data from bicycling crashes that resulted in treatment at a hospital emergency room in Vancouver in 2008 and 2009. The data was collected from the Bicyclists’ Injuries and Cycling Environment (BICE) study conducted through the University of British Columbia Cycling and Cities program.
Based on the analysis of reported cycling collision data from ICBC and supported by the cycling injury crash data from the BICE study, the study identified twelve key cycling safety issues:
The City of Vancouver’s Action Plan addresses these safety issues, and includes a description of each issue as well as engineering, education and enforcement countermeasures.
The City has taken several significant steps in recent years to improve cycling safety, including:
Additional information on these and other safety initiatives can be found on the City of Vancouver website.
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