Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) riders face a higher average risk of fatal or serious injury than most other road users, compared by mileage or number of trips. Behavioural issues are major moderating factors to PTW crashes, and the lack of separation between the rider and the environment is the main factor for the high severity accident rates. In order to propose relevant countermeasures to mitigate PTW rider fatalities and injuries, a broad-ranging research program was designed and implemented in the course of 2BESAFE. Amongst others, this program includes the development of recommendations for practical countermeasures for enhancing PTW rider safety. Assisted by these recommendations, the best available answer should be found to the key question: What works in terms of motorcycle safety ? In detail, the target of this work package is preparation of a comprehensive list of currently applied and potential PTW safety measures, also providing relevant information on each of the measures. 'Measure' was generously interpreted and some of the items go beyond what is normally considered a 'measure'. Technical standards and legal provisions, research activities and methods are included just as well as road safety programs, visions and real hands-on measures like campaigns. The 'list of measures' was collected by two sources. On the one hand, 2BESAFE partners were asked for input and have delivered a total of 130 answered questionnaires describing measures, standards, guidelines and programs. On the other, numerous road safety programs were analyzed and all measures proposed within these programs were added to the 'List of Measures'. At a later stage, more detailed descriptions for all measures were collected and all measures were rated by expert judgment so that a type of evaluation of the measures was performed that could indicate each measure’s effectiveness taking into account several factors that contribute to a measure being successful. This volume provides information on about three dozens of road safety programs, guidelines and standards and about 150 measures addressing the issue of PTW safety. (Author/publisher)
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