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Overview of Package

Trucks overtaking bicycle riders generate pressure and suction forces on bike riders that can cause them to lose balance and increasing the risk of a severe incident.

Even in low-speed crashes with trucks, there is a high risk of bike riders losing balance and falling under the vehicle.

The package contains:

  • A generic overview of Toolbox Talk Discussion including a step by step process to assist team leaders/managers and facilitators to lead a Toolbox Talk discussion
  • Aid for the promotion of discussion
  • Topic background information and fact sheet
  • Discussion prompt sheet
  • Participant attendance record sheet
  • Participant self-assessment sheet
  • Discussion review sheet
  • Cyclists poster
  • Supporting PowerPoint slides
  • Cyclists video link (access video here or contact NRSPP to download)

This toolbox talk is a collaboration between the NRSPP and the Construction Trucks and Community Safety project, Victoria. The Construction Trucks and Community Safety project is a multi-stakeholder project supported by Road Safety Victoria, Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria. Published in August 2023.

References

  1.  M. Dozza, R. Schindler, G. Bianchi-Piccinini and J. Karlsson, “How do drivers overtake cyclists?,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 88, pp. 29-36, 2016.
  2. K. Kircher, C. Ahlström, J. Ihlström, T. Ljokkoi and J. Culshaw, “Effects of training on truck drivers’ interaction with cyclists in a right turn,” Cognition, Technology & Work, pp. 745-757, 2020.
  3. K. Kircher, C. Ahlström, J. Ihlström, T. Ljokkoi and J. Culshaw, “Effects of training on truck drivers’ interaction with cyclists in a right turn,” Cognition, Technology & Work, vol. 22, pp. 745-757, 2020.
  4. Safe Work Australia, “Traffic management: Guide for construction work,” 2021.
  5. VicRoads – Victoria State Government, “Car doors & bike riders,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and- road-rules/cyclist-safety/car-doors-and- bike-riders. [Accessed 2022].
  6. VicRoads – State Government of Victoria, “Bus & truck driver handbook,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov. au/business-and-industry/heavy-vehicle- industry/heavy-vehicle-road-safety/bus- and-truck-driver-handbook. [Accessed 2022].
  7. VicRoads – State Government of Victoria, “Construction Trucks and Community Safety,” 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www. vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/ road-safety-programs/construction-trucks- and-community-safety. [Accessed 2022].
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Construction Equipment Visibility – Diagram Lookup,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www. cdc.gov/niosh/topics/highwayworkzones/ BAD/imagelookup.html. [Accessed 2022].
  9. W. Moore, “Dealing with deadly spaces: Machine blind spots,” Construction Equipment, 2014.
  10. European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), “How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU?,” 2020.
  11. R. J. Jansen and S. F. Varotto, “Caught in the blind spot of a truck: A choice model on driver glance behavior towards cyclists at intersections,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 174, 2022.
  12. C. D. Mole and R. McGilchrist Wilkie, “Looking forward to safer HGVs: The impact of mirrors on driver reaction times,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 107, pp. 173-185, 2017.
  13. ARUP and Transport for London, “Exploring the Road Safety Benefits of Direct vs Indirect Vision in HGV Cabs,” 2016.
  14. R. Schindler, M. Jänsch, A. Bálint and H. Johannsen, “Exploring European Heavy Goods Vehicle Crashes Using a Three-Level Analysis of Crash Data,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 663, 2022.
  15. Transport for London (TfL), “Safer Urban Trucks – The evidence for change,” 2016.
  16. Transport for London (TfL), “Safer Trucks Direct Vision Comparison,” 2016.

 

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