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Title:

Helmet Law and Other Factors Contributing to Motorcycle Fatalities at the State Level
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Accession Number:

01504491

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

With the rapid increase in the number of motorcycle fatalities in the United States, motorcycle safety has taken the front seat in improving overall highway safety experience. In this study, motorcycle rider fatality rates were investigated while considering various factors including helmet law. This was done using generalized least squares regression modeling of rider fatality rates by utilizing data for the 50 states and Washington, DC, covering the period 2005-2007. Results revealed that in comparison with the experience under the partial coverage or no helmet law, states with mandatory helmet law had 5.13 percent fewer motorcycle fatalities per 10,000 registered motorcycles, and 7.15 percent fewer motorcycle fatalities per 100,000 populations as indicated by the models. Results also showed that motorcycle rider fatalities also had statistically significant relationships with population per square mile, motorcycles registered per population, annual daily mean temperature, per capita income, and highway mileage of rural roads etc.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01501394

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Dissanayake, Sunanda
Shaheed, Saad

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation

Location: Indianapolis Indiana, United States
Date: 2011-9-14 to 2011-9-16
Sponsors: Purdue University; Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 17 2014 10:02AM