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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | An evaluation of bicycle passing distances in the ACT | | Authors | Mackenzie JRR, Dutschke JK, Ponte G | | Year | 2019 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | To evaluate bicycle passing distances in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), specialised passing distance measurement devices (PDMDs) were installed on a sample of 23 cyclists who ride in the ACT. Passing distance data and GPS data was collected by cyclists using the PDMDs for a four-week period, during a trial phase of a newly legislated minimum passing distance (MPD) rule. The MPD rule requires drivers to provide more than 1 metre of space when passing a cyclist on a road with a speed limit of 60 km/h or below, and 1.5 meters of space when passing a cyclist on a road with a speed limit above 60 km/h Analysis of the data collected in the study identified 16,476 passing events during 6,531 kilometres of cycling, over a period of 271 riding hours. Non-compliance with the MPD rule on roads zoned 60 km/h or less was 2.7% and the mean passing distance was 1.85 metres. On roads zoned greater than 60 km/h non-compliance was 11.2% and the mean passing distance was 1.97 metres. The degree of non-compliance varied considerably with road characteristics and location. | | Report Number | CASR157 | | Publisher | Centre for Automotive Safety Research | | Publisher City | Adelaide | | Sponsor | ACT Road Safety Fund | | ISBN | 978-1-921645-95-2 | | ISSN | 1449-2237 | | Page Count | 64 | | Notes | Also available online at http://www.justice.act.gov.au/news/view/1778. |
| Reference | | Mackenzie JRR, Dutschke JK, Ponte G (2019). An evaluation of bicycle passing distances in the ACT (CASR157). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research. |
| Files Available for Download | | CASR157.pdf | Final Report in PDF format | | CASR157web.pdf | Final report in PDF format (smaller web version) |
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