GUIDE TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PRACTICE, PART 15: MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

This guide provides information on the safety needs of motorcyclists in relation to the road infrastructure, for use by traffic engineering practitioners when designing, constructing and maintaining roads, in order to enhance the safety of motorcyclists. These needs may be different from those of the other road user groups. This guide includes an overview of motorcycle accidents, describes the principles of a safe road environment and the safe design of roads, describes motorcycle characteristics, discusses the safety needs of motorcyclists and provides guidelines for good practice. The good practice guidelines cover the road surface, road layout and alignment, delineation, signing, lighting, roadside furniture, roadwork and maintenance. (a)

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  Haymarket, New South Wales  Australia  2000
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 49 p.
• Serial:
  • Australian Standard
  • Issue Number: AP-11.15/99
  • Publisher: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Construction sites; Hazards; Highway design; Layout; Mileposts; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Prevention; Properties of materials; Safety; Street lighting; Surfaces; Traffic signs; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 2894: Alignment; 3628: Construction site; 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 545: Lighting (street); 594: Marker post; 1221: Motorcycle; 1752: Motorcyclist; 5925: Properties; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 9074: Side; 6438: Surface; 553: Traffic sign; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780678
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-85588-512-2
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 7 2000 12:00AM