Exposure factors of Victoria's active motorcycle fleet related to serious injury crash risk.
CONCLUSIONS: A very low prevalence of motorcyclists combined with higher rates of larger time gaps around motorcycles (cf. other vehicles) may help explain their over-representation in injury crashes where another vehicle fails to give way. An increased risk of injury in the event of a crash exists for a small but greater proportion of motorcyclists (cf. other vehicles) who were exceeding the speed limit. An apparent shift towards older age of the active rider population may be reducing injury crash risk relative to exposure time. There is significant scope to improve the physical conspicuity of motorcyclists and the frequency of motorcycle specific protective clothing use. These results can be used to inform policy development and monitor progress of current and future road safety initiatives.
PMID: 26980668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Allen T, McClure R, Newstead ST, Lenné MG, Hillard P, Symmons M, Day L Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research