Bicycle Railing Height Report - AASHTO - Subcommittee on Design

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BICYCLE RAILING HEIGHT SURVEY ADVOCACY GROUP RESPONSES National Cooperative Highway Research Program BICYCLE RAILING HEIGHT SURVEY ADVOCACY GROUP RESPONSES Total Responses: 40 1. Are you aware of any accident data or accident studies relative to railings on bicycle facilities or bridges? If yes, please explain, or provide source of documentation. Count % Yes 4 12% No 30 88% YES RESPONSES: Yes, I have searched newspaper databases for accident reports. Such accidents are at best rare, and I could find no documented case of a railing overtopping accent on any reasonable height railing. A- 19
BICYCLE RAILING HEIGHT SURVEY ADVOCACY GROUP RESPONSES 2. Do you have any knowledge of specific bicycle crash event(s) involving a railing? Count % Yes 4 10% No 36 90% YES RESPONSES: Total Responses: 4 2-1. Did the accident occur on a bridge or bikeway? Count % 1 Bridge 2 33% 2 Bikeway 2 33% 2-2. What was the action leading to the crash? Count % 6 Other 4 80% OTHER RESPONSES: Cyclist veering off-course due to slippery surface Single vehicle incident Collision with railing - going to fast High speed on down grade bridge approach A- 20
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