Safe cycling at any age
Abstract
In the last ten years, the number of bicycle accidents in Austria has risen sharply (Statistik Austria, 2023), especially in single-vehicle accidents (e.g. KFV, 2023). This increase is attributed to various factors, such as low cycling practice and competence, increased risk-taking, distraction, technical problems with bicycles and inadequate infrastructure. Despite this development, there are no systematic empirical studies on the underlying cycling skills of the Austrian population. The aim of the project is to record the skills and knowledge of test persons of different age groups with regard to safe participation in road traffic by bicycle. Cycling skills are to be systematically recorded using multi-method (psychological, technical, pedagogical and medical) survey instruments. The planned study pursues an interdisciplinary approach in order to holistically record the strength and weakness profiles of different age groups with regard to their cycling skills. The results will contribute to the development of targeted age- and gender-specific measures to improve cycling skills at the training and awareness level as well as on the infrastructure side, thus helping to reduce cycling accidents.
Project staff
Paul Christian Pfaffenbichler
Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Paul Christian Pfaffenbichler
paul.pfaffenbichler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85620
BOKU Project Leader
01.03.2025 - 31.08.2026
Matthias Altmann
Matthias Altmann B.Sc.
matthias.altmann@students.boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.03.2025 - 31.08.2026
Wolfgang Josef Berger
Assistenzprofessor Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Wolfgang Josef Berger
wolfgang.j.berger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85616
Project Staff
01.03.2025 - 31.08.2026
Shun Su
Shun Su M.Sc.
shun.su@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85627
Project Staff
01.03.2025 - 31.08.2026
Liting Yuan
Liting Yuan MSc
liting.yuan@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85629
Project Staff
01.03.2025 - 31.08.2026
BOKU partners
External partners
Technical University Vienna (TU Wien)
Georg Hauger
partner
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Michael Aleksa
partner
Nadler&Steierwald Ziviltechniker Ges.m.b.H
Birgit Nadler
partner
sicher unterwegs - Verkehrspsychologische Untersuchungen GmbH,
Bettina Schützhofer
coordinator