STAYSAFE 3: MOTORCYCLING SAFETY

Analysis of accident data shows that riding a motorcycle is generally more dangerous than driving a car. This information is hardly startling and it would be difficult to find anybody in New South Wales, including dedicated motorcyclists, who would disagree with this fact. The challenge which faces the Committee, the government, and indeed the whole community is to try to find ways to make motorcycling safer. The Committee emphatically rejects the claim in the Department of Motor Transport's submission that short of banning motorcycling there are no significant steps which can be made to improve motorcycle safety. Throughout this report, the Committee will explore measures which we believe can have some impact on the road toll for motorcyclists. In particular, the Committee is concerned about the disproportionately high rate of accidents and injuries for learner riders (both legal and illegal) and sees this as the starting point for any serious attack on the road toll involving motorcyclists. While the Committee believes that no single measure it proposes will result in a huge drop in the road toll for motorcyclists, it is confident that the combined effects of the package of measures recommended in this report will help stem the tide of motorcyclist injuries and fatalities. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Parliament of New South Wales

  Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety, Parliament House, 6 MacQuarie Street
  Sydney, New South Wales  Australia  2000
• Publication Date: 1984

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver training; Fatalities; Injuries; Learning; Motorcyclists; Recently qualified drivers; Safety
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8006: Australia; 1688: Clothing; 1687: Crash helmet; 1571: Driver training; 1550: Driving licence; 1573: Driving test; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1221: Motorcycle; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1665: Safety; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463219
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM