New research highlights roundabouts as a cycling safety hazard

This week, new research found that roundabouts are overrepresented in bike accidents.  Dutch traffic bureau VIA looked at registered accidents at intersections that involved cyclists between 2014 and 2021. It found most of the intersection bike crashes in the Netherlands occur at roundabouts. Specifically, 12% of the total bike crashes involved intersections or almost one in eight. Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow — particularly for car drivers — by removing sto