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Orange County Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis | 2 <br /> <br />speeds, driver vehicle types, and whether the crash was a hit and run crash. This information will <br />hopefully yield some information about which types of drivers are most involved in crashes and allow <br />for targeted outreach efforts to these specific groups. <br />Bicycle Crash Information <br />Overall, 34 bicycle crashes occurred in Orange County (outside of Chapel Hill/Carrboro) between January <br />1, 2007 and December 31, 2013. All of these crashes were defined as occurring in rural areas, did not <br />occur in any municipality or other jurisdiction and, in each case, the bicyclists involved in these crashes <br />were in the travel lane riding with traffic. In all but one case, the weather was clear; the other instance <br />occurred on a cloudy day, just after a storm event. It is also important to note that in three cases, <br />crashes involved bicyclists under the influence of alcohol. All three of these cases occurred on major <br />roadways (NC 54, US 70, <br />and US 15-501) and two <br />resulted in a bicyclist <br />fatality. The two <br />bicyclists killed on major <br />roads were both African- <br />American men. The <br />other fatality occurred <br />around 8:00 AM in the <br />morning to a white <br />male. <br />Bicyclist Age <br />Of the 34 crashes <br />occurring in Orange <br />County between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2013, 13 or 38% of crashes involved bicyclists <br />between the age of 50 and 59, while bicyclists between the age of 20 and 24 and bicyclists between the <br />age of 60 and 69 accounted for the second-highest affected age groups. It is unclear if older adults <br />represent a higher percentage of bicycle crashes or if crashes are equally distributed among the age <br />groups of riders in rural <br />Orange County. <br />Injury Severity <br />Of the 34 bicycle crashes, <br />three (3) crashes resulted in <br />a fatality, seven (7) in a <br />disabling injury, 15 in an <br />evident injury, seven (7) in a <br />possible injury, and two (2) <br />in no injury. Overall, more <br />than one half of crashes <br />(64.7 percent) resulted in a <br />0% <br />5% <br />10% <br />15% <br />20% <br />25% <br />30% <br />35% <br />40% <br />0% 1 (3%) 0% 1 (3%) <br />5 (15%) <br />1 (3%) <br />4 (12%) <br />4 (12%) <br />13 (38%) <br />5 (15%) <br />0% <br />Age Groups <br />0-5 <br />6-10 <br />11-15 <br />16-19 <br />20-24 <br />25-29 <br />30-39 <br />40-49 <br />50-59 <br />0.0% <br />10.0% <br />20.0% <br />30.0% <br />40.0% <br />50.0% <br />K: Killed A: <br />Disabling <br />Injury <br />B: Evident <br />Injury <br />C: Possible <br />Injury <br />O: No <br />Injury <br />3 (8.8%) <br />7 (20.6%) <br />15 (44.1%) <br />7 (20.6%) <br />2 (5.9%) <br />Injury Severity <br /> 42