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Australia

A guide to designing and manufacturing motorcycle protective clothing Australia – December 2022 pdf 8.4mb

Stars or Standards? – A review of motorcycle protective clothing from the southern hemisphere – 2018 pdf 1.48mb

ACT Lane Filtering Trial 2014 pdf 400kb

Motorcycle Protective Clothing: Protection From Injury Or Just The Weather? – 2011 pdf 629kb

A comparison of hazard perception and responding in car drivers and motorcyclists – January 2006 pdf 277kb

Chasing The Dream – Are You Over 30 Returning To Riding Or New To Motorcycling? pdf 1.3 mb

Monash University Accident Research Centre – Hazard Perception By Inexperienced Motorcyclist – December 2000 pdf 144kb

Belgium

Powered two-wheelers and their impact on mobility, the environment and road safety – A study on the Belgian market – Transport & Mobility Leuven – Belgium – April 2022 pdf 3.8 mb

Europe

FIM – Reducing road deaths among motorcycle – riders – The Riders perspective – ETSC – December 2023  pdf 1.56mb

Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC) – Powered Two Wheeler Conspicuity – September 2022 pdf 1.40mb

Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC) – Accident Analysis – Crossing Traffic and Left Turn – December 2021 pdf 5.22mb

FEMA – Motorcycle Safety and Accidents in Europe a summary report – August 2016 pdf 569kb

Traffic Safety Basic Facts 2015 – Motorcycles Mopeds pdf 1.87mb

Right To Ride – Motorcycle Conspicuity In Europe – June 2011 pdf 354kb

DEKRA – Motorcycle Road Safety Report 2010 – Strategies for preventing accidents on the roads of Europe pdf 5.4mb

eSUM – Protective Equipment for Riders pdf 1.5mb

Lucky 13 Cartoon European Wide Road Safety Campaign

Right To Ride Response To European Road Safety Observatory – 2010/2011 External Website

ETSC – Speed – PTWs and Speed – December 2009 pdf 167kb

FEMA Response to European Road Safety Observatory – 2009 pdf 64kb

Safety Plan for Action ACEM December 2008 426kb

Powered Two Wheelers – Web text of the European Road Safety Observatory – 2008 pdf 290 kb

MAIDS – Motorcycle Accidents In-Depth Study – Download Version 2.0 – April 2009 external website

MAIDS – Motorcycle Accidents In-Depth Study – Presentation ACEM 2004 pdf 1.77mb

MAIDS Report – Comments Motorcycle Action Group – United Kingdom – 2004 pdf 94kb

SWOT Analysis of the MAIDS Report- Motorcycle Action Group – 2004 – pdf

France

INRETS – Risk Awarness Analysis – A Comparison Between Car Drivers And Motorcyclists pdf 312kb

Global

The Dynamics Of Motorcycle Crashes – A Global Survey of 1578 Motorcyclists – 2020 pdf 1.83mb

Effects of Advanced (Anti-lock) Braking Systems (ABS) On Motorcycle Crashes – A Survey of 61 motorcyclists who crashed between 2010 and 2015 – Feb – 2017 pdf – 470kb

The United Nations Motorcycle Helmet Study – Part of WP.29, “How it works and how to join it”, series – 2006 pdf 3.7mb

Helmets – A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners – World Health Organization – 2006 pdf 3mb

Greece

Greek Study On Helmet Use – summary In English – Hellenic Institution of Motorcycle ‘Motothesis’ – 2016  pdf 727kb

Ireland

This Is Your Bike – Southern Ireland pdf 1.4mb

Motorcyclists and Motorists – Southern Ireland pdf 313kb

Analysis of a SMIDSY – Stuart Witts pps 1.2mb

Analysis of a SMIDSY – Stuart Witts with notes pdf 477kb

Northern Ireland

Hi Viz Survey – Here’s Looking At You – October 2014 pdf – 1.26mb

Northern Ireland Motorcycle Fatality Report 2012 – April 2012 pdf 1.1mb

Motorcycle casualties in NI Statistical Analysis, Causes and Influencing Factors – December 2009 pdf 4mb

Near Miss Study of Motorcycles – A Study of Motorcyclists in Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland and Great Britain – October 2009 pdf 1.37mb

Right To Right – Risk and Motorcycles – November 2009 pdf 207k

“Understanding The Risks from a motorcyclist’s perspective” Presentation – Road Safety Council of  Northern Ireland Annual Road Safety Congress – October 2008 pdf 2.84mb

Trauma and motorcyclists; born to be wild, bound to be injured? – John D. Hinds – Gareth Allen – Craig G. Morris – June 2007 – 1.5mb – pdf

An Evaluation of the Bikesafe Scheme in Northern Ireland – December 2005 pdf 516kb

Norway

“Full Control” … everything you need to become a good rider – January 2013 pdf 5.75mb

Sweden

SMC – Serious traffic violations amongst fatalities and seriously injured- with a focus on motorcycles with two wheels – 2019 pdf 1.3mb

Motorcycle Vision Zero – 2.0 – The Swedish Motorcyclists’ Association – 2014 pdf 1.2mb

SMC – Extreme Behaviour On Two Wheels – 2014 pdf 537kb

SMC Survey of Motorcyclists and their views on Advanced Training – 2011 pdf 1.4mb

Motorcycle Vision Zero – The Swedish Motorcyclists’ Association – 2009 pdf 555kb

Changes to the licensing system in Sweden – DfT – 2009 pdf 310kb

SRA Indepth Study – Sweden – 2009 pdf 2.4mb

United Kingdom

How Close Is Too Close? – Concerning Car Collisions and Motorcycles – Revisited – October 2022 pdf 586kb

Understanding Young Riders: Research for the National Young Rider Forum – March 2021 pdf 1.61mb

MAG – Safety in Numbers – June 2017 pdf 2.92mb

Motorcycle Survey – The Motorcycle Task Force – NCC Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement – 2015 pdf 1.44mb

Safer Motorcycling Through Work RoSPA – 2013 pdf 536kb

Car Drivers’ Attitudes and Visual Skills in Relation to Motorcyclists – DfT – February 2011 pdf 98kb

TRL PPR442 – Passion, Performance, Practicality: Motorcyclists’ Motivations and Attitudes to Safety 2009 pdf 3.12mb

TRL PPR442 Findings – Passion, Performance, Practicality: Motorcyclists’ Motivations and Attitudes to Safety 2009 pdf 421kb

Technical Response to the Unpublished Paper ‘Critical Evaluation of the SHARP Motorcycle Helmet Rating’ by NJ Mills – TRL – November 2009 pdf 1.45mb

Critical evaluation of the SHARP motorcycle helmet rating – May 2009 pdf 432kb

DfT – Car Drivers’ Skills and Attitudes to Motorcycle Safety: A Review – May 2008 361pdf

Great Roads Great Rides & Great Roads Great Rides 2 External Website

Filtering Article – 2006 pdf 25kb

Motorcycling Safety Policy Paper RoSPA – June 2006 pdf 887kb

MAG – How Close is Too Close – March 2006 pdf 168kb

Ride Safe – Avoid The 5 Most Common Motorcycle Accidents RoSPA – February 2006 pdf 183kb

The Older Motorcyclist – DfT – 2005 pdf 922kb

Where You Look is Where You Go – 2005 pdf 3.5mb

In Depth Study of Motorcycle Accidents – DfT – November 2004 pdf 412 kb

MAG – Young Pillion Riders: Should they be banned? – August 2004 pdf 161kb

Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) – The Accident Risk of Motorcyclists – 2004 pdf 8.3mb

Motorcycle Safety: A scoping study Transport Research Laboratory – 2003 pdf 798kb

Bringing Bikers Out of the Blindspot – Devon July 2003 pdf 2.6mb

National Motorcycle Council (NMC) Dark Visors – 2002 pdf 101kb

Lawrence of Arabia, Sir Hugh Cairns, and the Origin of Motorcycle Helmets – 2002 pdf 818kb

United States

Hurt Report – Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors And Identification Of Countermeasures – 1981 pdf 4mb

Hurt Report – Summary of Findings – 1981 pdf 90kb

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