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200

Annual totals for the ve cities

BICYCLE CRASHES WITH CARS BY CITY


As motorists and bicyclists vie for space on the road, collisions sometimes occur. Here's a breakdown of crashes between cars and bikes as reported to police in each of the ve cities from 2008 through June 30, 2012. Crashes reported in Chesapeake
125 175 150

189 174 57
As of June 30

Crashes reported in Norfolk


125

Crashes reported in Portsmouth

Crashes reported in Suffolk


125

Crashes reported in Virginia Beach


125

34
As of June 30

136
125 100 75 50 25 0

16
As of June 30

125

5
100 75 50 25 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

As of June 30

2
100 75

100 75 50

As of June 30

100 75 50 25

None
As of June 30

116 100 85

100 75 50 25

105

65 47 32

58
50 25

21

12

20

16

25 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

10
0

0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

BY THE NUMBERS
Streets/areas with the most crashes Oceanfront (Virginia Beach) No improper action or not stated (465 out of 774) Did not have the right-of-way (125) Angle (373 out of 774) Not speci ed (233) Other: backed into, object in road, etc. (63) Not issued or not stated (550 out of 774) Issued (180 105 issued to vehicle driver, 75 issued to bicyclist)

72
Virginia Beach Boulevard (V.B./Norf.)

60.1%

16.1%

48.2%

30.1%

71.1%

54
Independence Boulevard (Virginia Beach)

23.3%

18
Little Creek Road (Norfolk)

8.1%
Disregarded a traf c signal (37) Bicyclist action in crashes Other: disregarded stop sign, improper or unsafe lane change, etc. (98) Collision type Total summonses

18
Tidewater Drive (Norfolk)

18
First Colonial Road (Virginia Beach)

17
Granby Street (Norfolk)

4.8%
On the wrong side of the road (49)

14
Hampton Boulevard (Norfolk)

14
SOURCE: The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Rear-end (27)

Head-on (28)

Sideswipe, same direction (50)

Pending (44)

6.3%

12.7%

3.5%

3.6%

6.5%

5.7%
KATHY ADAMS, ROBERT D. VOROS | THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

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