On a global scale, motorcyclists are typically over-represented in crash statistics. This trend is increasing as although total road crashes and fatalities have decreased over the last fifteen years, motorcycle crash volumes have not. This paper describes the potential of stability control systems to help save motorcyclists' lives. It summarizes safety research conducted and commissioned by the...

Single-vehicle crash data for 2000 from Taiwan’s Road Accident Investigation & Reporting System were employed to compare fatality risk factors between non-motorcycle drivers and motorcyclists. On average, motorcyclists had approximately a three times higher fatality risk than non-motorcycle drivers after adjusting for the driving mileage. Two respective logistic regression models for these two ...

This paper studies the factors affecting injury severities involving motorcyclists of different age groups (under 25, 25-55, 55 and above) based on random parameter logit model. Data collected from motorcycle crashes in UK between 2017 2020 are utilized. The motorcyclist severity outcomes categorized as follows: minor injury, severe fatal injury. results likelihood ratio tests showed that trans...

background: injuries and accidents are one of the main problems in the present century. the purpose of this study was the identification and analysis of the characteristics of pre-hospital emergency motor vehicle accidents (mva) in rafsanjan, iran, in 2014. materials and methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on all patients recorded by pre-hospital emergency during a per...

BACKGROUND Michigan repealed a 35-year mandatory helmet law on April 13, 2012. We examined the early clinical impacts at a level 1 trauma center in West Michigan. METHODS Retrospective cohort study comparing outcomes among motorcycle crash victims in a 7-month period before and after the helmet law repeal. RESULTS One hundred ninety-two patients were included. After the repeal, nonhelmeted ...

BACKGROUND On July 1, 1997, Arkansas became the first state in 14 years to repeal their adult helmet law. We examined the clinical and financial impact of this repeal. METHODS A 6-year retrospective review was conducted of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences trauma registry including the 3 years before and the 3 years after the repeal of the helmet law. A head and neck Abbreviated...

The most important aspect of constructions of vehicles is safety. In motorcycles, in contrast to cars is not common to use elements of passive safety which minimalize consequences of collision. Therefore the most important is to ensure the proper possibility to avoid crash that is the adequate level of active safety which is mostly the brake system. It is often assisted by the construction whic...

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 ...

Motorcycle deaths accounted for more than half of total traffic fatalities in Taiwan in 2002. This study uses the police-reported crash data from Taiwan between 1999 and 2001 to estimate the effectiveness of helmets, simultaneously taking into account of sample selection bias. Sample selection arises because helmet usage will affect the probability of death or injury, which in turn influences w...