Motorcyclists’ speed and “looked-but-failed-to-see” accidents

Motorcyclists' speed and "looked-but-failed-to-see" accidents.

Previous research on motorcycle crashes has shown the frequency and severity of accidents in which a non-priority road user failed to give way to an approaching motorcyclist without seeing him/her, even though the road user had looked in the approaching motorcycle's direction and the motorcycle was visible. These accidents are usually called "looked-but-failed-to-see" (LBFS) accidents. This art...

Looked-but-failed-to-see-errors in traffic.

Danish studies of traffic accidents at priority intersections have shown a particular type of accidents. In these accidents a car driver supposed to give way has collided with a bicycle rider on the priority road. Often the involved car drivers have maintained that they did not see the bicycle until immediately before the collision even though the bicycle must have been clearly visible. Similar...

Characteristics of motorcyclists involved in accidents between motorcycles and automobiles.

INTRODUCTION traffic accidents are one of the main causes of death and disability, with motorcyclists representing the great majority of both the victims and the perpetrators. OBJECTIVE this work studied the characteristics of motorcyclists injured in accidents involving motorcycles and automobiles. METHOD this study sought to interview 100 motorcyclists who had been injured in collisions b...

[Factors associated with the death of motorcyclists in traffic accidents].

In order to identify the factors associated with death among motorcyclists involved in traffic accidents in Maringá - PR, a retrospective study was performed, including motorcyclists involved in accidents in the year 2004. Data were collected from the Military Police records, the Integrated System for Emergency Trauma Care (Sistema Integrado de Atendimento ao Trauma em Emergência -SIATE) and th...

Psychological Aspects of the Risk of Accidents for Motorcyclists