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Motorcycle Crashes
Motorcyclists are vulnerable highway users. Unlike passenger vehicle occupants,
motorcycle riders have neither the protective structural cage nor the advanced restraints which are commonplace in cars and light trucks. Our
research in motorcycle crashes focuses on the the issue of fatal motorcycle collisions with guardrail. Motorcycle crashes were found to be the
leading source of fatalities in guardrail crashes. In 2005 for the first time, motorcycle riders suffered more fatalities (224)
than the passengers of cars (171) or any other single vehicle type involved in a guardrail collision.
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U.S. Motorcycle Fatalities in Guardrail Collisions (1991-2005) |
Selected Publications
- Gabler, H.C., “The Risk of Fatality in Motorcycle Crashes with Roadside Barriers”, Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Paper No. 07-0474, Lyons, France June 2007)
- Daniello A, Gabler HC, and Mehta Y, “The Effectiveness of Motorcycle Training and Licensing: A Literature Review”, Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Record, Washington, DC (to be presented January 2009)
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