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Outdated Police Reporting Hinders Understanding of Bicycle Accident Causes

Saturday, April 04, 2015

The proper understanding of bicycle accident causes and other factors at a bicycle accident scene can help prevent these collisions in the future. However, the current police bicycle accident reporting procedures that are in place in several major cities around the country are completely inadequate. These procedures were designed several decades ago, when there were very few numbers of bicycle commuters on our roads.

In 2015, a significant percentage of commuters in Las Vegas prefers to commute to work and elsewhere on bike. That has contributed to an increase in the number of bicycle accidents. It's important to property understand bicycle accident factors, so that we can prevent these accidents in the future. The understanding of bicycle accident data could also help us understand the kind of infrastructure that would help reduce the risk of these accidents.

Unfortunately, the police accident report forms that are currently being used are not designed, to capture all this data. For instance, the current police accident forms don't take into account whether the bicyclist was riding in a bicycle lane at a time or whether a bicycle lane was available at the time, or what type of car the motorist involved in the accident was driving. These are important questions that would probably help us better understand the main causes of bike accidents across the country.

Researchers recently suggested that many of these outdated bicycle accident reporting methods have led to useful data being lost because important data is not being collected. More detailed information about these collisions could help understand bicycle accident causes, and take measures to prevent these.

If you were injured in a bicycle accident in Las Vegas, speak to a Las Vegas bicycle accident lawyer.