Author:

• Maria Antonietta Mascolli - Mascolli, M.A. - <mamascolli@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-3331

Co-author(s):

• Raony Ferreira França - França, R.F. - <raony.franca@fm.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-4811
• Nelson Gouveia - Gouveia, N. - Sao Paulo, - <ngouveia@usp.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0625-0265

Abstract:

Introduction: Bicycles are low cost and healthy means of transport, but accidents constitute its
negative externality. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of cyclist deaths, their recent
evolution and the role of the cycling structure in the city of São Paulo.
Methods: Descriptive study using informationthe Mortality Information System (SIM-
DATASUS) between 2000-2017. The relationship between cyclist mortality rate and cycling
network was evaluated using Pearson's correlation test. A comparison was made with bicycle
trips in the same period. The sociodemographic profile of deaths was compared with that of the
general population.
Results: The mortality rate peaked at 7.91/million inhabitants in 2006 and decreased to
1.8/million in 2017; in this period, there was an increase in bicycle trips and in the cycling
structure. A negative correlation was observed between the mortality rate and the cycling
structure. The analysis of deaths indicates a predominantly male, white, young profile, with ≤ 7
years of schooling; 65% died in collision with vehicles.
Conclusions: There was a decrease in cyclist deaths in the city of São Paulo correlated with the
increase in bicycle lanes2008 onwards, in a scenario of increased demand for bicycle
transport.

Keywords:

Descriptive epidemiology; cycling; traffic-accidents; mortality

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