MOTORCYCLIST DEATHS IN...
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MOTORCYCLIST DEATHSIN EUROPE
Worrying trends require urgent measures
Martin Winkelbauer
Figures from Austria
Motorcycle Registrations and injuries 1988 to 2006
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total registered vehicles
new registrations
occupants killed
occupants injured
Figures from Austria
Motorcycle Registrations and injuries 1988 to 2006
0%
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total registered vehicles
new registrations
occupants killed
occupants injured
All traffic deaths
Possible explanations?
• safer drivers• better vehicles
• tires• suspension• brakes / ABS• airbags
• decreasing mileage• improved infrastructure
Share of foreign driversAustria, 1988 to 2006
0,0%
2,0%
4,0%
6,0%
8,0%
10,0%
12,0%
14,0%
16,0%
18,0%
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Injured Motorcycle Occupantsby age, Austria, 1992 to 2001
• ageing motorcycle population
• elder riders safer?• newcomers and
comebacks• graduated licensing
Age 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 source: ASTERIX project
Injured Motorcycle Occupantsby day of week, Austria, 1992 to 2001
• leisure time activity
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0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20 0 4 8 12 16 20
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source: ASTERIX project
Vehicle improvement: ABS
• average deceleration without ABS: 6,6 m/s²• average deceleration with ABS: 7,8 m/s²• average improvement: 1,2 m/s²
0,0%
5,0%
10,0%
15,0%
20,0%
25,0%
30,0%
35,0%
40,0%
< 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > 10
deceleration in m/s²
without ABS
with ABS
Infrastructure measures
• guardrails installation and maintenance
• pavement friction• floor markings• traffic signs• road design curvature• visibility and perceptibility of
curves• high risk site treatment• Austrian Regulation in
preparation
Alternative guardrails
• 5 test tracks• crash test done• simulation done• positive winter experience• 30% less deaths expected
Campaigns
• linked with enforcement activities• speed• noice
Minimum age of moped riders
Moped riders injuredby age, Austria, 2000 to 2006
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
15181718-2425+
Multiphase Driver Training
• only category B
• no or low experience at training
• -28/ accidents• male/female
equally• -34% male
single vehicle crashes
Graduated licensingimplemented
Motorcycle deaths and injuries by age
0%
20%
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deaths, 18-19deaths, 20-24injuries, 18-19injuries, 20-24
MOTORCYCLIST DEATHSIN EUROPE
Worrying trends require urgent measures
Martin Winkelbauer