Motorcycle Safety Web Sites & Resources
From Around the World
A Sampling
World Stats
Motorcycle industry information (business resource) -
http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=7968
Helmet Initiative (278 articles listed)
http://www.whohelmets.org/
Youth and global vehicle deaths (2007)
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=61712
How to assess motorcycle safety issue in your country (current)
http://www.who.int/roadsafety/projects/manuals/helmet_manual/2-How.pdf
Research reports : Use key words – motorcycle, rider, motorcycle safety
http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/
http://www.carrsq.qut.edu.au/
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/
http://www.trl.co.uk/store/report_list.asp?pid=108
Sources of “free” studies in pdf format
¨http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/
¨http://www.carrsq.qut.edu.au/
¨http://eprints.qut.edu.au/
¨http://www.trl.co.uk/store/report_list.asp?pid=108
Australia
Video Perception Training: Ride Smart (current)
http://www.tacsafety.com.au/jsp/content/NavigationController.do?areaID=1
Licensing Strategies (2005)
http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc240.pdf
Motorcycle Training
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00012725/01/12725.pdf
Riding Style and Attitudes (2007)
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00012754/01/12754.pdf
Psychological & Social Factors (2007)
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00009103/01/road_rgr_200704.pdf
Older female riders (2005)
http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc245.pdf
Older riders (2004)
http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/IAAPdiv13/ICTTP2004papers2/Ageing/Haworth.pdf
Training drivers to yield to motorcycles (2007)
http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/muarc278.html
Rating protective gear (2007)
http://www.roadsafetyconference2007.com.au/Presentation/Haworth_Narelle.pdf
Black Spot program (2001)
http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/48/Files/r104.pdf
Africa
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Nigerian commercial motorcyclists in the use of crash helmet and other safety measures. (2007)
Traffic Inj Prev. 2007 Jun;8(2):137-41.
Argentina
Helmet use (2008)
http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102008000100019
Canada
Motorcycle safety training -
http://www.safety-council.org/info/traffic/mtp.html
Europe
Accident Reconstruction Study – 5 countries (1999 – 2000)
http://www.maids-study.eu/
MAIDS leaflet (2008)
http://www.maids-study.eu/pdf/MAIDS_LEAFLET.pdf
MAIDS downloads (current)
http://www.maids-study.eu/downloads.php
European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) – (2005)(Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain)
Vulnerable road users -
http://www.etsc.be/documents/Safety_Vulnerable_Road_Users.pdf
Public safety campaigns – call for “useable research” (2004)
http://www.motorcycleguidelines.org.uk/furniture/documents/server/FEMA%20EU%20AGENDA.PDF
India
Airbags for motorcycles (2007)
http://www.ias.ac.in/sadhana/Pdf2007Aug/427.PDF
Self-reported motorcycle riding behaviour among school children in India.Accident Analysis & Prevention 39(2): 334-9, 2007 March
Urban transport Crisis (with information on motorcycles) (2005)
http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/articles-59860_crisis.pdf
Malaysia
Motorcycle training programs: effectiveness (2006)
http://www.miros.gov.my/publications/MotorcycleSafetyProgrammesInMalaysia-HowEffectiveAreThey.pdf
Motorcycles at intersections & exclusive motorcycle lanes (2006)
http://www.miros.gov.my/publications/MotorcycleAccidentPredictionModelForJunctionsOnUrbanRoadsInMalaysia.pdf
Scotland
Motorcycle Accidents in Scotland between 1992 - 2002
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/10/20131/45655
Thailand
Alcohol concentration and characteristics of crashes (2006)
http://www.msf-usa.org/imsc/proceedings/d-Ouellet-EffectofBAConMotorcycleCrashCharacteristics.pdf
http://www.iatss.or.jp/english/research/29-1/pdf/29-1-07.pdf
United Kingdom
Rider Behavior including fatigue (current)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme2/
Motorcycle Training Scoping Study (2003)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme2/scopingstudyonmotorcycle.pdf
Hazard Perception Training Video (current)
http://www.rospa.com/hazardperceptionchallenge/index.htm
Public campaigns (current)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/think/
United States
See NHTSA, NTSB, TRB for recent studies
Traffic Safety Culture (December, 2007)
http://aaafoundation.org/projects/index.cfm?button=SafetyCulture
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