Table 1

Injury and vehicle/bicycle crash rates for cycle tracks in Montreal, Quebec*

Cycle track	Configuration	Separation	Length^† (km)	Length factor^‡	Cyclists/day, 1999–2008 ^§	Bike-km/year (millions)^¶ ^**	Injuries/year ^††	Crashes/year^‡‡	Injuries per million bike-km	Crashes per million bike-km
1. Brébeuf (seasonal)	2-Way, 1 side of one-way street, street level	Delineator posts and parking lane	1.0	0.9	5316	0.96	3.9	1.8	4.1	1.9
2. Rachel	2-Way, 1 side of two-way street, street level	Raised median, delineator posts, parking lane	3.5	0.6	2581	1.08	12.6	17.0	11.6	15.7
3. Berri	2-Way, 1 side of two-way street, street/sidewalk level	Raised median, delineator posts, and parking lane	1.4	0.8	2778	0.62	7.8	10.2	12.5	16.4
4. Maisonneuve, w. island (seasonal)	2-Way, 1 side of one-way street, street level	Delineator posts	1.9	0.9	2379	0.81	1.9	2.6	2.3	3.2
5. Chr Colombe (seasonal)	2-Way, 1 side of two-way street, sidewalk level	Curb and (part) planting strip	3.7	0.7	921	0.48	6.7	9.2	14.1	19.3
6. René-Levesque	2-Way, 1 side of two-way street, street level	Raised median, delineator posts, parking lane	1.3	0.8	1108	0.23	2.8	3.2	12.3	13.9
All						4.18	35.7	44.0	*8.5*	*10.5*

↵* Whole segments of the cycle track were studied and not just intersections.
↵† Length of the section studied, which may be less that the entire cycle track length for comparability with reference streets.
↵‡ Fraction of the study section's length ridden by a typical rider.
↵§ Average for the May to September period over the period 1999–2008.
↵¶ ‘Year’ is the 7.5 month period (1 April to 15 November) when the seasonal cycle tracks are open.
↵** Demand is lower in April, October and November and, therefore, bicycle volume for a ‘year’ is assumed to be 200 times the daily volume.
↵†† Injuries (data source – emergency medical response) between 1 April and 15 November for the period 1 April 1999 to 31 July 2008 divided by 9.53.
↵‡‡ Bicycle–motor vehicle crashes (data source – police reports) between 1 April and 15 November 2002–6, divided by 5.