Background: Unlicensed motorcycle operators appear to be disproportionately involved in police-reported motorcycle crashes in Maryland, accounting for about 27 percent of motorcycle operators in police-reported crashes, although unlicensed owners comprise 17 percent of primary motorcycle owners. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine whether an educational intervention could i...

This paper describes the development and testing of a three-dimensional computer model of a bicycle and rider. The model was developed using MADYMO and will assist in the reconstruction of bicycle crashes. In particular the model will be used to determine the rider’s pre-impact speed and kinematics during the impact. Three exemplar real-world bicycle crashes were reconstructed using a multi-bod...

A 21-year-old male involved in a motorcycle crash presented with abdominal hemorrhage and a widened mediastinum on chest radiograph. He required an initial exploratory laparotomy for mesenteric injuries. An aortic injury was confirmed on computed tomography imaging and he subsequently underwent attempted endovascular repair. During that procedure, the patient experienced massive thoracic hemorr...

Abstract: The author discusses integer-valued designs for wavelet estimation of nonparametric response curves in the possible presence of heteroscedastic noise using a modified wavelet version of the Gasser– Müller kernel estimator or weighted least squares estimation. The designs are constructed using a minimax treatment and the simulated annealing algorithm. The author presents designs for th...

This project is the first stage of a larger program of research into hazard perception training for motorcyclists. Future stages of the project will investigate what type of environment can be used to teach hazard perception and responding, for example a simulator environment or combination of off-road and simulator training. This report summarises the research that has been conducted into haza...

This project is the first stage of a larger program of research into hazard perception training for motorcycle riders. Future stages of the project will investigate what type of environment can be used to teach hazard perception and responding, for example a motorcycle simulator or a combination of off-road and simulator training. The first report (Haworth, Mulvihill & Symmons, 2005) reviews th...

Motorcycle is a popular mode of transportation in many developing countries, including Pakistan. Since the last decade, registered number motorcycles Pakistan has increased by six times, constituting 74% total vehicles. However, limited research efforts have been made to investigate motorcycle-related safety issues Thus, relationship between potential risk factors and injury outcomes motorcycle...

Prior to 2016, motorcycle licensing in Victoria, Australia, required off-road (range) skills testing only, focusing on vehicle-handling skills. The objective of this research was to develop an education and assessment curriculum commensurate with best practice that included on-road components and increased focus on awareness, judgment, and decision-making skills. No single best-practice curricu...