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Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 27 Jan 2023 Serbia Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Applied Sciences, volume 13, page 1,621 (eissn: 2076-3417,

Authors: Tijana Ivanišević; Aleksandar Trifunović; Svetlana Čičević; Dalibor Pešić; Sreten Simović; Aleksandar Zunjic; Darina Duplakova; +2 Authors

doi: 10.3390/app13031621

Analysis and Determination of the Lateral Distance Parameters of Vehicles When Overtaking an Electric Bicycle from the Point of View of Road Safety

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Abstract

Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of electric bicycles on the roads and a rise in the number of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. There are various causes of road crashes involving e-bicyclists. Out of the total number of fatalities in traffic, bicyclists account for 9% in the Republic of Serbia. Road crashes occurring when motor vehicles overtake bicyclists make up 13% of the total number of road crashes involving bicyclists. Having in mind the above-mentioned, an experimental study has been conducted in order to analyze whether the use of helmets and reflective vests, different vehicle categories, and the speed of electric bicycles affect the lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles. This research analyzed the lateral distance of 1228 vehicles overtaking an e-bicyclist. There are statistically significant differences in the lateral distance when overtaking an e-bicycle regarding helmet use, different vehicle categories overtaking the e-bicycle, and different speeds of the e-bicycle. The results showed that a faster speed of an e-bicycle led to a shorter lateral distance when overtaking it and that SUV drivers (along with motorcycle drivers) had the shortest lateral distance when overtaking e-bicycles.

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Serbia

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Technical University of Košice
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University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering
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Technical University of Košice
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University of Kragujevac
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University of Montenegro
Montenegro

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Keywords

e-bicycles, Technology, QH301-705.5, helmets, T, Physics, QC1-999, e-bicycle speed, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), overtaking an e-bicyclist, Chemistry, TA1-2040, Biology (General), road safety, QD1-999

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