M Zhao1, M Yu1, L Fang1, H Wang1, W X Wu2, G H Huang3, L L Duan4, Z X Chen2, P F Chen2. 1. Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China. 2. Jinhua Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinhua 321000, China. 3. Jinhua Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Detachment, Jinhua 321000, China. 4. National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of key unlawful acts among electric bicycle riders and provide evidence for the development of specific interventions. METHODS: A 4-day road-side survey was conducted in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, in 2013. The speed of electric bicycle was measured by speed measuring instrument and the unlawful acts of riders, such as reverse riding, running the red-light and carrying passengers, were observed with non-participatory way. RESULTS: A total of 3 448 running electric bicycles were observed and the average speed was 26 km/h, the proportion of electric bicycle at the speed of ≥15 km/h was 87.06%. The average speed was highest during 10 am-11 am(30 km/h). the number of observed electric bicycle riders with unlawful acts of ' running the red-light','reverse riding' and ' carrying passengers' were 1 315, 656 and 1 877 respectively, and the estimated rate was 10.01%, 4.99% and 15.22%, respectively. More ' running the red-light','reverse riding' and ' carrying passengers' occurred during 7 am-8 am(14.59%)and 13 pm-14 pm(15.25%), 13 pm-14 pm(7.33%)and 17 pm-18 pm(7.63%), 6 am-7 am(32.44%)and 12 pm-13 pm(27.90%), respectively. CONCLUSION: Overspeeding, carrying passengers, running the red-light, reverse riding were the key unlawful acts among electric bicycle riders. Targeted intervention should be carried out to reduce the prevalence of unlawful riding acts and the incidence of electric bicycle related injuries and deaths.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of key unlawful acts among electric bicycle riders and provide evidence for the development of specific interventions. METHODS: A 4-day road-side survey was conducted in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, in 2013. The speed of electric bicycle was measured by speed measuring instrument and the unlawful acts of riders, such as reverse riding, running the red-light and carrying passengers, were observed with non-participatory way. RESULTS: A total of 3 448 running electric bicycles were observed and the average speed was 26 km/h, the proportion of electric bicycle at the speed of ≥15 km/h was 87.06%. The average speed was highest during 10 am-11 am(30 km/h). the number of observed electric bicycle riders with unlawful acts of ' running the red-light','reverse riding' and ' carrying passengers' were 1 315, 656 and 1 877 respectively, and the estimated rate was 10.01%, 4.99% and 15.22%, respectively. More ' running the red-light','reverse riding' and ' carrying passengers' occurred during 7 am-8 am(14.59%)and 13 pm-14 pm(15.25%), 13 pm-14 pm(7.33%)and 17 pm-18 pm(7.63%), 6 am-7 am(32.44%)and 12 pm-13 pm(27.90%), respectively. CONCLUSION: Overspeeding, carrying passengers, running the red-light, reverse riding were the key unlawful acts among electric bicycle riders. Targeted intervention should be carried out to reduce the prevalence of unlawful riding acts and the incidence of electric bicycle related injuries and deaths.
Authors: Sheng Ang Zhou; Andrew Fu Wah Ho; Marcus Eng Hock Ong; Nan Liu; Pin Pin Pek; Yi Qing Wang; Tao Jin; Guang Zhao Yan; Nan Nan Han; Gang Li; Li Ming Xu; Wen Wei Cai Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2017-06 Impact factor: 1.889