Risk Factors and Causes of Fatal Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle popularity has increased in recent years, along with motorcyclist fatalities. While passenger car drivers realized a 27.96% drop in the fatality rate from 1996 to 2006, motorcyclists had a 28.8% increase. Attributed accident factors include: driver/vehicle demographics such as training, a...

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Published inIISE Annual Conference. Proceedings p. 997
Main Authors Grigg, Sarah J, Garrett, Sandra K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Norcross Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) 01.01.2009
Subjects
Accident prevention
Age groups
Automobile drivers
Automobile safety
Engineering
Fatalities
Human error
Injuries
Military personnel
Motorcycles
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Traffic accidents & safety
Trends
Trucks
Vehicles
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Summary:Motorcycle popularity has increased in recent years, along with motorcyclist fatalities. While passenger car drivers realized a 27.96% drop in the fatality rate from 1996 to 2006, motorcyclists had a 28.8% increase. Attributed accident factors include: driver/vehicle demographics such as training, age, motorcycle type, and experience; human error and violations; environmental factors; cognitive factors such as situational awareness and personality; and social factors. Primary fatal accident causes, largely attributed to perceptual or skills-based errors, may be caused, at least in part, by cognitive and social factors; and addressing those factors may have an even greater effect on reducing accident risk. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]