OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of a revised Italian motorcycle-moped-scooter helmet law on crash brain injuries. DESIGN A pre-post law evaluation of helmet use and traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurrence from 1999 to 2001. SETTING Romagna region, northeastern Italy, with a 2000 resident population of 983 534 persons. PARTICIPANTS Motorcycle-moped rider survey for helmet use compliance ...

The neck injury has long been known to pose a death threat to motorcyclists in road crash, Besides, the neck carries several vital structures such as phrenic nerve and part of the origin of brachial plexus. Injuries to these will cause numerous complications. The study on motorcycle road crash has indicated that the neck injury is one of the major single causes of death in Malaysian motorcyclis...

Motorcycle riding is an accessible and cheap form of transport for many people worldwide, particularly in low and middle income countries where other forms of private transport are not affordable. Motorcycle riders, however, account for a relatively high proportion of road traffic-related fatalities and injuries in such countries. The lack of experience of many motorcycle riders has been cited ...

BACKGROUND Road traffic injury (RTI) contributes to major morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Most of the injuries are caused by road-related injuries that specifically relate to motorcycle crash. We attempted to conduct a short survey to determine the magnitude of burden related to motorcycle-related RTIs in Malaysia. We hypothesize that motorcycle-related RTI i...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether motorcycle handling capabilities--measured by means of the efficiency of emergency manoeuvres--were dependent on prior sleep deprivation and time of day. Twelve male participants voluntarily took part in four test sessions, starting at 6 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m., following a night either with or without sleep. Each test session comprised...

Research suggests that a Motorcycle Autonomous Emergency Braking system (MAEB) could influence 25% of the crashes involving powered two wheelers (PTWs). By automatically slowing down a host PTW of up to 10 km/h in inevitable collision scenarios, MAEB could potentially mitigate the crash severity for the riders. The feasibility of automatic decelerations of motorcycles was shown via field trials...