Motorcyclists are over-represented in UK traffic accident statistics. Many car-motorcycle accidents are however due to the inappropriate actions of car drivers. It is predicted that car drivers at risk of collision with motorcycles have divergent attitudes and beliefs about motorcyclists compared to safer drivers, which may lead to a deficient mental model guiding their interactions with motorc...

The growing demand for high performance engine technology in the two-wheeler market segment has pushed average speed of motorcycle to a higher limit, which already raised danger accidents leading serious knee and lower tibia injuries. Vehicle designers, testers, validators undergo rigorous design, testing, validation processes based on highest criteria strength, weight reduction, enhanced fuel ...

Motorcyclists and moped drivers are road users with a particularly high accident risk since motorcycle accidents are severe in nature, due to the relative lack of protection of motorcyclists. Furthermore, given the young age of many victims, these accidents often result in a high-loss of life expectancy for fatalities and high social-economic costs. The ambition of this project is to provide a ...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to study characteristics of traffic accident victims before and after the implementation of the new Brazilian traffic code, in January 1998. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study population was car and motorcycle occupants seen in a pre-hospital care service in Londrina, Parana State (Brazil) before the introduction of the new Brazilian traffic code, from 22 January to 21 July ...

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...

background motorcycle crashes are the cause of severe morbidity and mortality especially because of head injuries. it seems that wearing a helmet has an effective role in protection against head injuries. nevertheless, motorcyclists usually have no tendency to wear a helmet when driving in cities and have several reasons for this behavior. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the use and rea...

Traffic safety related to motorcycle riding constitutes a growing issue all over the world. This is notably the case in France, where the important progress recently obtained toward a safer driving by car didn't prove to be so much effective for motorcycling. The present study has the purpose to give some cues on the reasons why, by characterizing the specificities of accident scenarios involvi...