The importance of motorcycle visibility in accident causation.

Author(s)
Williams, M.J.
Year
Abstract

An analysis of data from 1508 motorcycle accidents obtained from Victorian Police files for the year 1974 indicates that the lack of visibility of the motorcycle is a dominant factor in a large proportion of automobile/motorcycle accidents. 16.2 per cent of all motorcycle accidents occurred when another road user moved his vehicle into the path of a motorcycle when he "did not see" the oncoming motorcycle. 65 per cent of these accidents occurred during daylight. 27 per cent at night and 8 per cent during dawn or dusk.

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Publication

Library number
B 13131 (In: B 13128) /82/ IRRD 222985
Source

In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Motorcycles and Safety, Melbourne, June 18, 1976, p. 59-94, 5 tab., 11 ref.

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