REPORT OF THE AD-HOC GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLES COMMITTEE ON MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

This document is the report of the findings of the Ad-Hoc Group on Motorcycle Safety, which the European Experimental Vehicles Committee (EEVC) set up to review how to improve motorcycle safety. It contains chapters on (1) accidents and injuries; (2) primary safety; (3) secondary safety; (4) rider protection; and (5) other vehicles, the road environment, and traffic regulations (see separate abstracts ITRD E106664-E106668). Primary safety is concerned with how to design motorcycles to avoid accidents, secondary safety concerns minimisation of injuries in accidents, and rider protection includes motorcycle helmets and protective clothing. To make motorcycling safer, it is necessary to consider, not only motorcycles and their riders, but also their road environment, including other vehicles, roadside furniture, road surfaces, and traffic signal settings. Each chapter ends with a statement of conclusions.

• Corporate Authors:

  EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE COMMITTEE (C/O PROFESSOR B FRIECHEL), BERICHTE DER BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN

  BRUDERSTRASSE 53
  BERGISCH GLADBACH,   Germany  D-51427
• Publication Date: 1993-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Design; Expert evidence; Highways; Improvements; Injuries; Minimization; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Passive restraint systems; Research projects; Safety; Surfacing; Teams; Traffic regulations; Workshops
• Uncontrolled Terms: Minimum
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9011: Design (overall design); 8034: Europe; 1528: Expert opinion; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 2163: Injury; 9046: Minimum; 1221: Motorcycle; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1466: Passive safety system; 8557: Research project; 1665: Safety; 2972: Surfacing; 1544: Traffic regulations; 9090: Working group
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 8 2000 12:00AM