International Cycling Safety Community
The mission of the International Cycling Safety (ICS) community is to improve cycling safety through scientific work. The ICS community intends to disseminate scientific results to all cycling safety stakeholders. The yearly ICS conferences offer a premium forum to share scientific results and to favor networking inside the ICS community.
12th ICSC held in Imabari, Japan
The International Cycling Safety Conference, hosted by IATSS on November 5 to 7 2024, will invite delegates from over the world to bike through Imabari, workshops, meet other people professionally interested in cycling safety, learn from each other and share knowledge.
Theme: Exploring Cycling Safety Culture
There is a growing interest in how to achieve safe cycling in society, from the policy level to the operational level on the roads. Discussions will cover key issues such as the definition of a cycling safety culture, the challenges faced by road users, the activities of organisations and individuals involved in cycling and road safety, and the role of researchers in promoting safe cycling. We hope that this conference will be an excellent opportunity to promote international collaboration between researchers with the aim of improving cycling safety. We will explore the concept of a cycling safety culture while gaining a deeper understanding of the situation in the host city, which has achieved a unique development in cycling safety on a global scale.
Topics covered at the conference include:
- Causation and prevention of cycling crashes and injuries
- Safe cycling infrastructure
- Safe bicycles
- Safe motor vehicles for cyclists
- Special groups of cyclists: children, elderly, delivery riders etc.
- Protective devices to increase cycling safety
- Safety-related behaviour and attitudes of cyclists and towards cyclists
- Research methods: observation/ naturalistic studies and cycling simulators
- Safety of pedelecs and S-pedelecs
- Education / Training and cycling safety
- Regulations and standards for safe cycling
- Planning and policies for safe cycling
- Safe cycling in the cities of tomorrow / connected and smart bicycles
- Future trends and cycling safety implications
- Safe interaction between cyclists and connected/automated vehicles
- Micro mobility: emerging trends & safety implications
- Cycling econometrics / Cycling economy in relation to safety
- Safe cycling for long distance / Safe cycling tourism
- Cycling safety in emerging countries