Investigating the Vulnerability of Motorcyclists to Crashes and Injury

Khattak, Asad; Wali, Behram; Ahmad, Numan; University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Center for Transportation Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Highway Safety Research Center

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Investigating the Vulnerability of Motorcyclists to Crashes and Injury

2020-11-30
By Khattak, Asad ; Wali, Behram ; Ahmad, Numan

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Khattak, Asad ; Wali, Behram ; Ahmad, Numan

Khattak, Asad ; Wali, Behram ; Ahmad, Numan Less -
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Center for Transportation Research ; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Highway Safety Research Center

University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Center for Transportation Research ; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Highway Safety Research Center Less -
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United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

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Case-Control Crash Causes Crash Injuries Crash Risk Forecasting Injury Crash Injury Severity Injury Severity Score Motorcycle Crashes Motorcycle Helmets Motorcyclists Statistical Analysis Tobit Unobserved Heterogeneity Visibility Visual Conspicuity
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CSCRS-R20
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report (May 2018 – Nov. 2019)
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Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
Abstract:

Motorcyclists represent a segment of vulnerable road users that have high levels of risk, mostly because they lack protection. There are about 5,000 motorcyclist fatalities every year in the US. In response, the U.S. Congress has passed legislation initiating comprehensive research that identifies the causes of motorcycle crashes. This in turn resulted in a new federally collected Motorcycle Crash Causation Study (MCCS) data. This project uses MCCS to conduct research and generate new knowledge about motorcycle safety. The key objectives of this project are to investigate motorcycle crash risk factors, e.g., how visual conspicuity (bright-colored or reflective clothing) influences riders’ likelihood of being involved in a crash; and explore factors, e.g., types of helmets that correlate with severity of injuries, given a crash. Rigorous statistical analysis models that capture unobserved heterogeneity are used in this study. The results indicate that the risk of injury crash is significantly higher for riders lacking conspicuity. Crash risk was lower for riders who had recently received training. While partial helmet coverage was associated with lower crash risk, given a crash, they were associated with higher injury severity. The Injury Severity Score (ISS), given a crash provided deeper insights about the nature of injuries and showed that properly fitting helmets were positively correlated with lower injury severity. The implications of the findings are discussed in each chapter
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69A3551747113
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