This study examines the accident characteristics of injured motorcyclists in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of motorcyclists who are at higher fatality risk and subsequently be the targeted group for the fatality-reduction countermeasures. A total of 412 motorcycle crash victims with serious or fatal injuries were analysed. The results showed that the injured...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com were 468 men (76.09%) and 147 women (23.91%), and the 21-30 age group was the most representative with (n=195, 31.70%) case. Students were the most affected (n=270, 43.91%) on traders (n =142, 23.09%). Motorcycle drivers (n=304, 49.44%) and motorcycle rear passengers (n=175, 28.45%) were the most affected. The most common types of accidents were mot...

ASSOCIATIONOFVA SURGEONS Comparison of Neurologic Trauma and Motorcycle Helmet Use in Drivers vs Passengers Motorcycle crashes are associated with significant morbidity andmortality inbothpassengers anddrivers.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the proportionof fatalitiesattributedtomotorcycles, comparedwithother passenger vehicles, has increased.1 Withmore than 8m...

The objective of this article was to identify the association between motorcycle deaths and variables related to Samaja's theory of social reproduction in the period 2000-2005 in the state of Pernambuco. An ecological, case-control study was carried out, with municipalities as the unit of analysis. Cases were defined as the 20% of municipalities with the highest local empirical Bayesian coeffic...

Research Note training have found mixed evidence for the effect of rider training on motorcycle crashes. Billheimer's (1998) matched-pair analysis of trained and untrained motorcycle riders is the only study conducted in the United States that has found a reduction in crashes among trained riders during the first 6 months following training. Among novice riders who rode less than 500 miles on a...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com were 468 men (76.09%) and 147 women (23.91%), and the 21-30 age group was the most representative with (n=195, 31.70%) case. Students were the most affected (n=270, 43.91%) on traders (n =142, 23.09%). Motorcycle drivers (n=304, 49.44%) and motorcycle rear passengers (n=175, 28.45%) were the most affected. The most common types of accidents were mot...

The use of stated preference (SP) surveyed data of the motorcycle taxi riders in Bangkok and its vicinities has been investigated in this paper. A research aim is, preliminary, detailed in terms of the affect factors of the motorcycle between the internal combustion engine vehicle and the electric vehicle for public transport. With 1,200 surveyed data, the results show that 91.1% of the taxi ri...

Over recent years, researchers have used full-scale motorcycle crash tests in the field of road safety research to simulate different types of crash technique and scenario. This study focuses on the development of laboratory-based motorcycle crash tests. A moveable barrier, designated as a ‘trolley’ in this study, is designed, developed and implemented in a laboratory-based motorcycle crash tes...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the impact of a mandatory motorcycle helmet law in Taiwan. METHODS Taiwan passed a mandatory helmet law in June 1997. Data were collected retrospectively from police reports, which include hospital data, to compare six months pre-law June to November 1996) with the same six months post-law (June to November 1997). RESULTS Motorcycle fatalities decreased 14% after the i...