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bfu – Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung

Cycling or e-biking safely to work

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2015Nobody slows for invisible people

bfu – Swiss Council for Accident Prevention

Non-occupational accidents in Switzerland, 2011

Every year, more than one million people are injured on the roads, during sports and activities as well as in and around their homes.

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Cyclists E-bikers

Seriously injured 790 114

Fatalities 17 4

– Accidents registered by the police in 2013

Bicycle accidents in Switzerland



Risks when cycling in general

Collisions

Right-of-way situations, especially when crossing and turning

Cyclists acting as if they are above the law

Failure to notice cyclists

Distracted vehicle drivers

Self-caused accidents

Riding too fast

Alcohol consumption


Special risks when riding an e-bike

From a car driver’s viewpoint:

It looks like a bicycle but it’s an e-bike

Riding speeds are easy to underestimate


From an e-biker’s viewpoint:

Handling in itself

Higher speeds



Cycling or e-biking safely to work:



Video: “Bicycle and e-bike”


Take care in right-of-way situations: it’s worth checking to make sure! When you stop at a stop sign or where you don’t have right of

way: Take a look and check to the left, front and right.

Look over your shoulder every time you make a turn and give a clear signal.

Before you turn and go across or at junctions, make sure you are seen by drivers of other vehicles (eye contact).




Take care in right-of-way situations: it’s worth checking to make sure! On roundabouts, ride in the middle

of the lane.

Be aware that you cannot be seen in drivers’ blind spots.

Obey traffic regulations – it’s less dangerous and less stressful for you and others



Make yourself visible – even in daytime hours

Equip your bicycle with lights as required by law:- Lighting system with steady lights, white at the front and red at the rear, permanently

attached or removable – visible at night in fine weather at a distance of 100m - Reflectors: white at the front and red at the rear, permanently attached- Yellow reflectors front and rear on the

pedals – except on safety pedals

You’ll be even more visible with an extra red flashing rear light.



Make yourself visible – even in daytime hours

Wear reflective accessories (high-visibility jacket/vest, reflective arm/ankle bands, etc.). With light-reflecting items, you will be visible at a distance of 140 metres.

Ride with your lights on even in the daytime and wear high-visibility clothing.



Always wear a helmet when cycling!

Buy a cycle helmet with the CE-marking EN 1078.

Try on the helmet before you buy: with the chinstrap open, it must sit well and neither feel tight nor wobble.

Wearing a bike helmet is compulsory when riding e-bikes with a pedal assist system above 25 kph to a maximum of 45 kph.


Helmets only protect riders when worn properly!


1. Two finger widths above the bridge of your nose

2. Side straps should sit snugly, with room for one finger between the strap and your chin



Watch out! An e-bike goes faster than you think

Choose an e-bike category that corresponds to your cycling skills.

E-bikes enable higher speeds than regular bicycles. They are also heavier. These two aspects result in unusually long stopping distances.

Other road users underestimate the speed of e-bikes. Ride defensively.

Ride at an appropriate speed.


Ride defensively!




Video: “An e-bike goes faster than people think it does”


Further information


The following bfu brochures (available only in French,

German and Italian) contain more on this subject:

- «Radfahren – Sicher im Sattel» (Art. 3.018)- «E-Bikes – Mit Sicherheit leichter ans Ziel» (Art. 3.121)

- «Sichtbarkeit bei Nacht» (Art. 3.008)

Order them free of charge at www.bestellen.bfu.ch

You can find even more accident prevention tips atwww.bfu.ch.

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