Dear member of Toowoomba BUG,
My name is Athena Ng, and I am a Master of Public Health student at
Queensland University of Technology. For my degree, I am doing a thesis
about Cyclists' Safety Perceptions of Various Cycling-Supportive Road
Treatments at Un-signalised Intersections.
For my thesis, I am asking you to complete a 20-minute online survey
about your perceptions of cycling through intersections. The findings of
the survey will be reported back to Bicycle Queensland, Queensland
BUGs, and the Queensland Department of Transport
and Main Roads. The link to the online survey is http://survey.qut.edu.au/f/
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact me at athena.ng@connect.qut.edu.au.
Please note that this study has been approved by the Queensland
University of Technology Research Ethics Committee (approval number
1500000945).
Many thanks for your help with this study!
Best regards,
Athena Ng
Principal Investigator
Masters Student
Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Kristiann Heesch
Principal Supervisor
07 3138 5460
Senior Lecturer - School of Public Health and Social Work
Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Ashim Debnath
Associate Supervisor
07 3138 8423
Research Fellow
Queensland University of Technology
 PARTICIPANT INFORMATION FOR
QUT RESEARCH PROJECT |
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Cyclists’ Safety Perceptions about
Various Cycling-Supportive Road Treatments at Un-signalised Intersections –
Quantitative Survey Study of Queensland Cyclists
QUT Ethics Approval Number
1500000945
RESEARCH
TEAM
Principal
Researcher: Athena Ng Masters Student
Principal
Supervisor: Dr Kristiann Heesch School of Public Health and Social
Work
Associate
Supervisor: Dr Ashim Debnath School of Psychology and Counselling
Faculty
of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Description
One of the major issues that can
discourage people from cycling on-road is the risk of being involved in a road
collision with a motorist. In particular, the road intersection is a high risk
location for road collisions between motorists and cyclists. Therefore, cycling
facilities and cycling-supportive road treatments at intersections have been
recommended and used in Australia to improve on-road cyclist safety. The aim of
this study is to investigate which cycling facilities and road treatments do Queensland
cyclists perceive to be the safest at un-signalised intersections.
You are invited to participate in
this study because you are a member of a bicycle user group and/or a member of
Bicycle Queensland. Your cycling experiences will be very useful to this study.
Participation
Participation will involve
completing an anonymous online survey. You will be asked about your safety
perceptions about the safety of cycling at un-signalised intersections. You
will rate your safety perceptions on a scale from very unsafe to very safe. You
will also be asked about whether you have experienced a collision, near-miss,
and/or single-cyclist accident while cycling, your cycling habits, and your
basic demographic information (for example, gender, year of birth).
The online survey should take 20
minutes to complete. Only complete the survey if you are aged 18 years or over.
Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. Your decision to
participate or not participate will not impact upon your current or future
relationship with QUT. If you agree to participate, you may withdraw from the
study without any statement or penalty as long as you do not submit your
survey. If you do submit it, you will no longer be able to withdraw from the
study because your data is not identifiable and therefore the researchers will
not be able to find and delete it.
Expected benefits
It is expected that this study will not directly benefit you. However it
will help the researcher gain insight into cyclists’ safety perceptions about
un-signalised intersections. The outcomes of this study will be beneficial to
future researchers and organisation interested in safety policies, town
planning, and road engineering. They may use the findings from this study to
assist future studies or make informed decisions on projects.
Risks
There are no risks beyond normal day-to-day living associated with your
participation in this study. However, if you have experienced adverse events
while cycling (for example, road accident, injuries) or have been impacted by
someone close to you who has experienced adverse events while cycling and feel
that answering questions about cyclist safety may cause you significant
distress, then it is advised that you may prefer not to participate in this
study.
QUT provides for limited free psychology,
family therapy or counselling services (face-to-face only) for research
participants of QUT projects who may experience discomfort or distress as a
result of their participation in the research. Should you wish to access this
service please call the Clinic Receptionist on 07 3138 0999 (Monday–Friday only 9am–5pm), QUT Psychology and
Counselling Clinic, 44 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, and indicate that you are a
research participant. Alternatively, Lifeline provides access to online, phone
or face-to-face support, call 13 11 14
for 24 hour telephone crisis support.
PRIVACY AND Confidentiality
All comments and responses are anonymous and will be treated
confidentially unless required by law.
Any data collected as part of this project will be stored securely as
per QUT’s Management of Research Data Policy. Please note the non-identifiable
data collected in this study may be used as comparative data in future projects
stored on an open access database for secondary data analysis.
Consent
to Participate
Submitting the completed online survey is accepted as an indication
of your consent to participate in this study.
Questions / further
information about the project
If you have any questions or require further information please contact
one of the researchers listed below.
Athena Ng athena.ng@connect.qut.edu.au
Kristiann Heesch k.heesch@qut.edu.au 07 3138 5460
Ashim Debnath ashim.debnath@qut.edu.au 07 3138 8423
Concerns / complaints
regarding the conduct of the project
QUT is committed to research integrity and the ethical conduct of
research projects. However, if you do
have any concerns or complaints about the ethical conduct of the project you
may contact the QUT Research Ethics Advisory Team on 07 3138 5123 or email ethicscontact@qut.edu.au. The QUT Research
Ethics Advisory Team is not connected with the research project and can
facilitate a resolution to your concern in an impartial manner.
Thank
you for helping with this research project.
Please keep this sheet for your information.
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