Retiring from riding - or not? [motorcycle riders]

Author(s)
Haworth, N. Mulvihill, C.
Year
Abstract

The total number of motorcycle rider fatalities in Australia has increased since 1997 despite a reduction in the number of riders killed aged 25 and under. This trend of increased crash involvement by older riders is mirrored in fatality and injury data in a large number of Australian and overseas jurisdictions. A survey of motorcycle licence holders aged over 30 years asked whether they had ridden in the previous 12 months. This paper describes the characteristics of non-riders and the reasons why they gave up riding. Comparisons are then made with riders who continued to ride, those who had given up riding but have recently returned to riding and new riders. The road safety implications of these results and potential countermeasures to the increasing motorcycle crash problem are then discussed. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210298.

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Publication

Library number
C 29147 (In: C 29121 CD-ROM) /83 / ITRD E210324
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2003 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2003, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 September 2003, Pp

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