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35 <br /> way stops, and T-intersections can be treacherous locations for bicyclists, particularly in rural areas <br /> where drivers may not be expecting non-motorized users, most bicycle crashes in rural Orange County <br /> (62 percent) occur along areas of roadway with no special features. In fact, the character of the roadway <br /> is more often straight and level (41 percent of crashes) or straight and at a grade (32 percent of crashes), <br /> than curved at a grade, curved and level, or curved and at a hillcrest (total 26 percent).This would <br /> indicate that, at least in a <br /> rural context, situations <br /> Roadway Character <br /> involving the interaction of <br /> motorists and bicyclists at 14(41.2%) <br /> speed along sections of 45.0% rroilior <br /> 40.0 <br /> open road are more 35.0/o1"( 2� i <br /> . 11111111 <br /> dangerous for bicyclists than 30.0% ‘11 1111111 <br /> at intersections,where 25.0/ .. <br /> traffic is slower. 8.8 3 8.8 <br /> 15.0% <br /> i t n, "Fonc t, Rm. 10.0% 00 ,, 2 (5.9%)L/0000 koi <br /> In terms of the light (2.9 g 011Eild %) it <br /> 5.0/ r �� <br /> conditions at the time of a <br /> Straight-Straight-Straight- Curve- Curve- Curve e-. <br /> - <br /> bicycle-motor vehicle crash, Grade Level Hillcrest Grade Level Hillcrest <br /> more than 80 p ercent of <br /> crashes (28) occurred during daylight, with one (1) crash, or 3 percent, occurring at dusk, and five (5) <br /> crashes, or 15 percent, occurring at night on an unlighted roadway.This is likely due the lower number <br /> of trips made by bicycle at night in rural Orange County. Each of the crashes that occurred under dark <br /> conditions was a <br /> Light Condition "Motorist Overtaking <br /> Bicyclist" crash, of <br /> 28 .... ).... which two (2) <br /> 100.0% resulted in a fatality. <br /> r�dl��\i»h` The remaining four <br /> 80.0% <br /> 60.0% 5 14:y%•. <br /> (4) crashes all <br /> ' resulted in an injury. <br /> 40.0% ( )..........pn..... Crashes occurring <br /> 20.0% <br /> 1 2.9%. . .. <br /> away from <br /> 0.0% .......... i�(tiIl�d..... �.. intersections in dark <br /> Daylight Dusk Dark-Roadway conditions were <br /> Not Lighted particularly likely to <br /> Daylight 11111111111Dusk 11111111111Dark-Roadway Not Lighted result in a more <br /> severe injury. <br /> Bicycle crashes in Orange County occurred predominantly in the afternoon hours with only six(6) <br /> crashes occurring during the morning hours.Two Crashes occurred between 12:00 AM and 1:00 AM, <br /> Orange County Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis <br />