Car drivers' attitudes and visual skills in relation to motorcyclists

Motorcyclists are grossly over-represented in the crash statistics. They represent 1 per cent of traffic in the United Kingdom but 21 per cent of all fatalities. The analysis of collision data suggests that some of the most common motorcyclist collisions involve errors on behalf of other road users, for example car drivers who fail to give way to an approaching motorcycle at a T-junction. Following such accidents, car drivers often claim that they looked, but did not see the approaching motorcycle. Research needs to assess whether such 'Look But Fail To See' accidents occur and what factors might contribute to their prevalence. This project involved three studies to explore these issues further. These were: 1. a study to increase car drivers' empathy for motorcyclists; 2. a study to investigate how drivers search for motorcycles at T-junctions and when changing lanes; and 3. a study to assess whether training interventions can address poor visual skills at T-junctions and when changing lanes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme1/cardriversattitudesskillsrefmotorcyclists/
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Great Britain. Department for Transport

  London,    
• Authors:
  • Crundall, D
  • Clarke, D
  • Shahar, A
• Publication Date: 2011-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 84p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 121

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobiles; Driver performance; Highway safety; Motorcyclists; T intersections; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Attitude; Car; Driver performance; Motorcyclist; Road safety; T intersection; Visual performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01380835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9781848641075
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 11:18AM