MOTORCYCLE CRASHES INTO ROADSIDE BARRIERS STAGE 4: Protecting motorcyclists in collisions with roadside barriers

Development of a Motorcycle FE Model for Simulating Impacts into Roadside Safety Barriers

Recent studies have identified roadside safety barriers as a cause of severe injuries and fatalities for motorcyclists. Roadside safety barrier have traditionally been designed with limited consideration for motorcyclist safety since the primary focus was on the safety of occupants of enclosed vehicles. Computer simulations of full-scale crashes between motorcyclists and road barriers would pro...

Fatality risk in motorcycle collisions with roadside objects in the United States.

Motorcycle crashes with roadside objects often involve more than one impact event: typically involving a collision with the ground and another object. The objective of this study was to determine the fatality risk in these roadside object collisions when compared with crashes only involving a collision with the ground. The roadside objects analyzed included guardrails, concrete barriers, signs,...

Motorcycle Crashes into Roadside Barriers Stage 3: Survivability Analysis

The Characteristics of Injuries in Motorcycle to Barrier Collisions in Maryland

Motorcycle to barrier collisions are more serious than many other motorcycle crash modes, such as collisions with only the ground or passenger cars. In order to identify the potential need for design improvements to traffic barriers to reduce the severity of these crashes, the injuries incurred during these collisions must first be better understood. The objective of this study is to determine ...

A comparison of contributing factors between alcohol related single vehicle motorcycle and car crashes.

INTRODUCTION Alcohol related crashes have accounted for approximately 35% of fatal crashes per year since 1994 nationwide, with approximately 30% involving impairment over the legal blood alcohol content limit of 0.08%. Educational campaigns and law enforcement efforts are two components of multi-faceted programs aimed toward reducing impaired driving. It is crucial that further research be con...