Who should be responsible for preventing bridge accidents?
32%
32% of cyclists say all road users share responsibility equally for preventing accidents on unsafe bridges.
n = 3,057 US cyclists · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
All road users equally32%
Drivers27%
City planners15%
Local or state transport agencies10%
Law enforcement3%
0%50%100%
Single-choice question.
What it means
Cyclists are less inclined to blame drivers than might be expected. A quarter of responsibility is assigned to the people who design and maintain the bridge.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,057
- Population
- US cyclists
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- How cyclists experience bridges
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Who should be responsible for preventing bridge accidents?" Survey of 3,057 US cyclists, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/who-should-prevent-accidents-on-unsafe-bridges
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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