This report examines motorcycle safety from a Safe Systems perspective and is divided into two sections: (1) a synthetic review of the literature that seeks to understand motorcycle safety from within the four dimensions that comprise a Safe System, and (2) an examination of motorcycle crash data drawn from Southeast Florida, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, from 2015 to 2017. During this period, 6,624 PTW riders were involved in crashes, with 481 crashes involving motorcycles that had pillion passengers.
This study examines motorcycle safety from a Safe Systems perspective. The report is divided into two sections. The first section is a synthetic revie...
This study examines motorcycle safety from a Safe Systems perspective. The report is divided into two sections. The first section is a synthetic revie...
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
2023-06-01
Abstract:
In 2021 there were 5,932 motorcyclists killed, 14 percent of all traffic fatalities. This is the highest number of motorcyclists killed since FARS sta...
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