Investigating the Vulnerability of Motorcyclists to Crashes and Injury [Research Brief]

Details

• Creators:
  Khattak, Asad
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Center for Transportation Research ; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Highway Safety Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash causes
  • Crash injuries
  • Crash risk forecasting
  • Injury severity
  • Motorcycle crashes
  • Motorcycle helmets
  • Motorcyclists
  • Statistical analysis
  • Visibility
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CSCRS-R20
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
• Abstract:
  Motorcyclists are fatally injured 25 to 30 times more frequently than passenger vehicle occupants after accounting for vehicle miles traveled. This project uses the Injury Severity Score (ISS) as a response variable and focuses on a unique database of motorcycle crashes, the federally collected Motorcycle Crash Causation Study (MCCS), to explore the role of demographics and how key risk factors vary from one context to another, i.e., the settings in which motorcycle travel takes place. The project addresses critical safety issues related to motorcyclists.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747113
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78459/dot_78459_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1019.01 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f4f70b0265b92eab5df1a524bbeb0e5c4c3f0260b29a8a59d5d7f6a00594a775a905102f8075c50612557ac8241d90852dded6de4aa97a61d986a78257351a81