Accident characteristics
Accident characteristics
Effective countermeasures are based on a thorough understanding of the accident causes and the circumstances under which these accidents happen. Accident reports provide valuable information in this respect.
In these accident reports you find information on:
Some studies include reports of both moped and motorcycle accidents while others deal with motorcycle accidents only.
Although different studies are likely to use different sampling methods or different ways to characterise the accident, three frequent accident scenarios reappear.
In the scenarios 2 and 3 a large majority of car drivers should have given right of way to the PTW, indicating problems with the perception of the PTW. In all three scenarios the motorcyclist may have been speeding.
These scenarios give a description of the situation and events before the actual accident. This is followed by a sequence of events resulting in injuries of the PTW rider.