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In this safety report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) assesses select risk factors associated with the causes of motorcycle crashes in the United States and makes recommendations for improving motorcycle crash prevention. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provided the data analyzed in this report from its 2016 ...
This safety report analyzed select risk factors associated with the causes of motorcycle crashes and evaluated strategies for crash prevention. The MCCS data were appropriate for identifying factors associated with an increase or decrease in motorcycle crash risk that warranted further evaluation. These factors were then examined as potential ...
Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures. DOT HS-5-01160. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California. NCSA (National Center for Statistics and Analysis). 2018. Motorcycles: 2016 Data. DOT HS 812 492. Washington, DC: NHTSA.
The NTSB conducts research, data analysis, and reporting on emerging transportation safety problems and past accident and injury trends. This research helps stimulate improvements in transportation policies, programs, or processes, and may also advance technical improvements in transportation systems, subsystems, or equipment. @NTSB.
Accident Reports are one of the main products of an NTSB investigation. Reports provide details about the accident, analysis of the factual data, conclusions and the probable cause of the accident, and the related safety recommendations. Most reports focus on a single accident, though the NTSB also produces reports addressing issues common to a ...
5H. H. Hurt, J. V. Ouellet, and D. R. Thom, Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification Countermeasures, DOT HS 805 862 (Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1981). 6Highway Safety: Motorcycle Helmet Laws Save Lives and Reduce Costs to Society, General Accounting Office (GAO), RCED-91-170 (1991). 7B.
respondent was the driver, and respondent had the motorcycle keys in his pants pocket. 7. Respondent declined a field sobriety test but consented to a breath test. 8. Respondent provided two breath samples that respectively showed a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .237 and .233, corresponding to levels more than twice the legal state limit. 9
What We Found. The driver of the truck was impaired by several drugs, and at the time of the crash had a suspended license in Connecticut, which was entered into an electronic system that alerts other states and should have led the Massachusetts RMV to revoke his license. However, due to deficiencies in out-of-state driver's license ...
On May 11, from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM (Eastern), we will be hosting an NTSB Most Wanted List (MWL) Webinar, A Safe System Approach to Motorcycle Safety. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5,579 motorcyclists died in traffic crashes in 2020—an 11 percent increase from 2019—accounting for 14 percent of all fatalities ...
The National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety contains recommendations that can be implemented by Federal agencies, states, manufacturers, insurance organizations, and advocacy groups to make cycling safer. The NAMS should be used as the basis for identifying the most effective programs for addressing crash mitigation and injury prevention.