Road surface Intervention Criteria - cyclists

Road surface faults that exceed 20mm in depth or height are a hazard to cyclists. In addition to the risk associated with impact, a cyclist that swerves to avoid impact is at high risk of collision from a vehicle that did not expect the manoeuvre by the cyclist.

Any fault in the road surface from the kerb, to approx 2.5 metres out (being the path a cyclist takes passing a parked vehicle) is a hazard to cyclist.

Below are photos taken outside 76 Winston Ave (Melrose Park). This is a “Bikeway”. There are two service covers, both having a dip exceeding 20mm.

The photos show that these service covers are in the area that the cyclist uses. The cyclist must swerve around them, yet the cyclist must also negotiate traffic that is behind them and car doors that open in front of them.

In these instances if the cyclist swerves to avoid impact with the service cover they will have an accident with either the passing car or the opening door.