{"id":45544,"date":"2019-09-05T15:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=45544"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:46:30","slug":"cleo-kenington-safe-cycle-infrastructure-can-help-reverse-the-uks-inactivity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2019\/09\/05\/cleo-kenington-safe-cycle-infrastructure-can-help-reverse-the-uks-inactivity-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleo Kenington: Safe cycle infrastructure can help reverse the UK\u2019s inactivity crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"standfirst\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the Netherlands&#8217; lead in introducing safe cycle infrastructure would bring health benefits to all, says Cleo Kenington<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45545 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington.jpg 2434w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington-768x888.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2019\/09\/cleo_kenington-640x740.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>During my maternity leave I arranged a \u201ckeeping in touch day\u201d where I was covering a shift as a registrar in general surgery. Soon after I started the day, the emergency bleep went off: \u201cMajor Trauma ED Resus, ETA 10 minutes.\u201d I rushed down to the ward to prepare myself and found that the atmosphere was incredibly sombre. The reason soon became apparent: this major trauma was a commuter cyclist, very seriously injured after being hit by a lorry. Fortunately, my consultant was with me to ensure the best care possible was given. But despite all our efforts, we were unsuccessful in saving this person&#8217;s life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout my pregnancy I had cycled my commute to work. As my bump got larger, I was regularly asked how I could possibly cycle when I\u2019d seen firsthand how dangerous it is. Now I had a baby and I was face to face with a person killed in this way, should I take this as a sign that I was risking my life every day by cycling?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As doctors we are taught to use evidence based medicine and in trauma care we follow the \u201cABC\u201d to avoid focusing on the obvious and missing the subtle. What does this approach tell us about the dangers of cycling?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study from the UK Biobank published in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/357\/bmj.j1456\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2017<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> demonstrated that even on UK roads, with their low level of dedicated cycle infrastructure, study participants that used cycling for commuting had a 40% lower all cause mortality risk than the group that did not. As well as this, multiple studies have demonstrated the benefits of cycling as commuting in terms of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0091743514003144\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">improved mental wellbeing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1002076\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reducing type 2 diabetes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0091743510001829\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lower sickness absence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the evidence shows that cycling as a method of commuting is markedly beneficial not just for me, but for all my patients.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, people get an estimated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclinguk.org\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/2017\/09\/health_1c_rv_brf.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20:1 life years gained due to the benefits of cycling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> versus life years lost through injuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/physical-activity-applying-all-our-health\/physical-activity-applying-all-our-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physical inactivity has been attributed to one in six deaths in the UK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is equal to smoking and costs the NHS an estimated \u00a37.4bn a year. While making time for exercising can be difficult in our modern lives, exchanging a trip by car or public transport with walking or cycling can provide the 150 minutes of exercise per week recommended by the NHS without using up extra time or cost. However, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclinguk.org\/statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">proportion of adults cycling regularly in the UK is low<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014a fact that is likely often due to people\u2019s fear of the dangers. What can we as doctors and health professionals do to increase the number of people cycling in the UK, while also lowering the dangers associated with it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Netherlands has much higher levels of cycling than the UK: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/amp\/s\/amp.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/sep\/16\/on-your-bike-why-britain-needs-to-do-more-to-get-children-cycling\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">40% of school children cycle to school<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/documents\/reports\/2018\/04\/01\/cycling-facts-2018\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25% of all trips across the Netherlands were made by bicycle, and 48% of people cycle to work in Amsterdam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This has been attained due to many years of investment in safe cycling infrastructure since a campaign in the 1970s called \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com\/2011\/01\/stop-child-murder.html?m=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stop de Kindermoord<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d or \u201cStop the child murders.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evidence from many major cities\u2014Copenhagen, Barcelona, Seville, and more recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0965856417314866\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and other<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/bike-blog\/2019\/apr\/26\/if-you-build-them-they-will-come-record-year-for-cycle-counters\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> UK cities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has clearly demonstrated that as soon as you build safe cycle routes, people start cycling. And not only the \u201cbrave\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclinguk.org\/statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">males who are the majority currently riding on the roads in the UK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but people of all ages, genders, abilities, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building safe cycle infrastructure in the UK has many obstacles; several recent proposals that have received central government funding have been blocked by local councils <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/bike-blog\/2019\/jul\/03\/ten-common-myths-about-bike-lanes-and-why-theyre-wrong\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">due to myths<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> perpetuated by those opposed to them. As opinion leaders in society, doctors and health professionals must play a key part in supporting changes to our transport networks to improve the health of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Cleo Kenington<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">consultant in emergency general surgery and major trauma at St George\u2019s Hospital, London. <\/span><\/i><b>Twitter:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CleoKenington\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@cleokenington<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Competing Interests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Founder of \u201cPrescription for Safe Cycling,\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a group of the public health charity Medact.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the Netherlands&#8217; lead in introducing safe cycle infrastructure would bring health benefits to all, says Cleo Kenington [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2019\/09\/05\/cleo-kenington-safe-cycle-infrastructure-can-help-reverse-the-uks-inactivity-crisis\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-bloggers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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