Analysis of Factors Affecting Motorcycle-Motor Vehicle Crash Characteristics

• Activity Number: 267
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Monday, August 10, 2015 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Author(s): Peter Hovey* and Deogratias Eustace and Di Zhu
• Companies: University of Dayton and University of Dayton and University of Dayton
• Keywords: traffic accidents ; motorcycles ; risk

Abstract

Traffic accidents are a significant public safety problem, especially when motorcycles are involved with larger motor vehicles. Crashes involving motorcycles are likely to result in injury, death, vehicle damage, and property damage. A number of factors contribute to the risk of crash, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, road environment, driver skill and/or impairment, and driver behavior. The objective of this study will be analyzing crash data of motorcycle-motor vehicle crashes in the state of Ohio to identify possible influential factors that cause these crashes and to study the magnitude of influence of each factor to the crashes. The study will test appropriate regression models to accurately model the factors that influence motorcycle-motor vehicle crashes.