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Barriers Causes Motor Bike Crashes

Roadside protection systems such as steel guard rails or concrete barriers were originally developed to protect occupants of cars and/or trucks – but not to protect impacting motorcycle riders. Motor bike riders crash into such barriers have been identified as resulting in sever injuries and hence has become a subject of road safety research.

The German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) requested DEKRA Accident Research to analyse real-world crashes involving motorcycles impacting road side barriers and to identify typical crash characteristics for full-scale crash tests of a conventional steel system and a concrete barrier. A study of 57 real-world crashes identified two crash test scenarios which have been carried out: one with the motorcycle driven in an upright position and one with the motorcycle with the rider sliding on the road surface. The pre-crash velocity chosen was 60 km/h. The impact angle was 12° for the upright driven motorcycle and 25° for the motorcycle and rider sliding

Some motor bike rider crashes into steel guard rails, wire rope and concrete barriers have been identified as resulting in severe injuries and hence has become a subject of road safety research.

Read More: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/esv/esv19/05-0095-O.pdf