MOTORCYCLING MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY--AN UNSTUDIED EPIDEMIC

South Africa has the highest motorcycle accident and associated casualty rate in the world. In dealing with the problem South Africa lags far behind other countries where rider training programmes have had astonishing success. Accident statistics, problems relating to motorcycling and protective clothing are discussed. Recommendations are made which if implemented should reduce the accident and casualty rate by at least 50%; this indicates the size of the problem in this neglected field of automotive preventive medicine.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Medical Association of South Africa

  P.O. Box 643
  Cape Town 8000,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • Newlands, G
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 155-158
• Serial:
  • South African Medical Journal
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue Number: 30
  • Publisher: Medical Association of South Africa
  • ISSN: 0256-9574
  • EISSN: 2078-5135
  • Serial URL: http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Protective clothing; Safety; Statistics; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: South Africa
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387795
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 483
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM