Motorcyclist Is the Right-of-Way Violator: A Population-Based Study of Motorcycle Right-of-Way Crash in Taiwan

The most typical and catastrophic car-motorcycle crash occurs when a car maneuvers into the path of an approaching motorcycle at an intersection, which involves a car driver violating motorcycle’s right of way (ROW). In Taiwan, however, motorcyclists are frequently the ROW violator—they are observed to frequently infringe upon the ROW of oncoming vehicles at intersections. Such a ROW crash in which a left-turn motorcyclist crosses in front of approaching traffic appears to be a safety problem in terms of its frequency and accident consequence. Using the National Taiwan Crash Database, the present study estimates a logistic regression model to predict the likelihood of an approach-turn motorcycle-turning crash (relative to a car-turning crash). Results indicate that given a ROW crash where the rider was female, old, drunk, unlicensed, riding a moped, and on a NBU roadway, the likelihood of a motorcycle-turning crash tends to increase. The study contributes to the existing motorcycle safety research by reporting the determinants of the unique crashes in which the motorcyclist is the ROW violator.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9543787
• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9543787
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2018 Ping-Ling Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
• Authors:
  • Chen, Ping-Ling
  • Chen, Yi-Chu
  • Pai, Chih-Wei
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 2018
  • Issue Number: Article ID 9543787
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash characteristics; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcyclists; Right of way (Traffic); Traffic conflicts; Turning traffic
• Geographic Terms: Taiwan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01682104
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 2018 4:11PM