Ein Gespräch mit Arno Wolter, Leiter des mFUND-Projekts „Früherkennung von Gefahrenstellen im Straßenverkehr (FeGiS)“.

Since 2014, a distinction between Pedelec (electrical support up to 25 km/h) and bicycle crashes is made in official police reported accidents with personal injuries in Germany. Yet, no comparative analysis using national data is available, moreover some estimation was done how Pedelec crashes may look like based on bicycle crashes. Hence, the present study aims to compare real-world crashes with personal injuries with both vehicle types - Pedelec and bicycle and show similarities and differences of the vehicle classes. Nearly a decade of reporting allows furthermore to have a closer look at the accident figures in a time series and to estimate possible trends.