MOTORCYCLES: 1. ESTIMATED MILEAGE AND ITS PARAMETERS

THIS STUDY DEALT WITH THE STUDENT POPULATION WHO HAD MOTORCYCLES REGISTERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1966-1967. IT COVERS HOW FAR THE MOTORCYCLES WERE DRIVEN, THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDENTS USING MOTORCYCLES AND WHETHER MOTORCYCLE MILEAGE VARIED AS A FUNCTION OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS, AND HOW MANY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. ODOMETER READINGS ON 225 (64.8%) OF THE 347 REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES WERE OBTAINED. ESTIMATES OF DAILY MILEAGE MADE FOR EACH VEHICLE VARIED AS A FUNCTION OF SEVERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS HAD A GREATER PROPORTION OF HIGH MILEAGE DRIVERS THAN GRADUATE STUDENTS, SINGLE STUDENTS HAD A HIGHER PROPORTION OF HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES, UNDERGRADUATE SINGLE STUDENTS HAD THE GREATEST PROPORTION OF HIGH MILEAGE DRIVERS, AND GRUDUATE MARRIED STUDENTS THE LEAST. DRIVERS OF THE LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOTORCYCLES (LOWEST CC DISPLACEMENT) TRAVELED LESS DISTANCE THAN DRIVERS OF HEAVIER MOTORCYCLES. STUDENTS WHO LIVED THE GREATEST DISTANCE FROM CAMPUS WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE HIGH MILEAGE DRIVERS THAN STUDENTS WHO LIVED CLOSER TO CAMPUS. ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL MILEAGE SUGGEST THAT MOTORCYCLES MAY TRAVEL BETWEEN 4,500 AND 7,000 MILES PER YEAR AND THAT THE GREATEST PORTION OF THIS MILEAGE IS ACCUMULATED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE MOTORCYCLE FLEET HAD A RATE OF SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 8 ACCIDENTS PER 1,000,000 MILES COMPARED WITH A RATE OF OVER 4 ACCIDENTS PER 1,000,000 MILES FOR PASSENGER CARS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Authors:
  • Waller, P F
  • Barry, P Z
  • ROUSE, W S
• Publication Date: 1968-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Marital status; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Oedometers; Students
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mileage; Parameters
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222712
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 38 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1994 12:00AM