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Similar to the national trend, motorcycle crashes in the State of Alabama have more than doubled over the past decade. This study is the first of its kind in Alabama to investigate the reasons contributing to motorcycle crashes in Alabama and the relationship among specific crash characteristics. Analyses were performed using the Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE) tool by filtering out necessary crash data, generating frequency distributions and cross tabulations of different motorcycle crash characteristics. Some of the characteristics of motorcycle crashes considered include age, gender, primary contributing circumstances (alcohol, speeding, run off road, etc.), license status, citations, severity, location, manner of collision, weather, lighting, type of road etc. Further, motorcycle-related crashes were analyzed separately in terms of whether they were caused by the motorcyclist or the driver of another vehicle type. Where appropriate, overrepresentations in the data were identified and discussed. The results of the analyses were compared with relevant previous studies and with basic statistics of other southeastern states and the U.S. Finally, the results were summarized and recommendations for additional research were presented.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF30 Motorcycles and Mopeds

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12-4249

English

16p

2012

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crash characteristics; Highway safety; Motorcycle crashes

Alabama

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-4249

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2012 5:23PM