Table 1.
Variable | Single Motorcycle Crashes | Motorcycle vs. Motorcycle Crashes | Motorcycle vs. Vehicle Crashes | ||||||
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No. of Motorcyclist |
% of Motorcyclist |
% of Fatality |
No. of Motorcyclist |
% of Motorcyclist |
% of Fatality |
No. of Motorcyclist |
% of Motorcyclist |
% of Fatality |
|
Total | 122,710 | 100% | 1.29% | 771,029 | 100% | 0.08% | 735,270 | 100% | 0.46% |
Fatality | 1586 | 1.3% | 100% | 628 | 0.1% | 100% | 3400 | 0.5% | 100% |
Road environment attributes | |||||||||
Midnight (00–06) | 10,201 | 8.3% | 3.61% | 16,691 | 2.2% | 0.21% | 22,741 | 3.1% | 1.30% |
Dark without streetlight | 3686 | 3.0% | 1.98% | 4400 | 0.6% | 0.25% | 5105 | 0.7% | 1.04% |
Rural | 43,911 | 35.8% | 1.96% | 126,735 | 16.4% | 0.17% | 165,834 | 22.6% | 0.90% |
Speed limit > 50 km/h | 10,032 | 8.2% | 2.48% | 28,296 | 3.7% | 0.27% | 48,704 | 6.6% | 1.29% |
Intersection | 34,277 | 27.9% | 0.55% | 516,177 | 66.9% | 0.08% | 482,033 | 65.6% | 0.46% |
Horizontal or vertical curve | 16,768 | 13.7% | 2.44% | 15,244 | 2.0% | 0.15% | 17,357 | 2.4% | 0.97% |
Straight segment | 68,848 | 56.1% | 1.39% | 229,700 | 29.8% | 0.08% | 225,465 | 30.7% | 0.44% |
Lane Separation-marking | 56,083 | 45.7% | 1.36% | 326,924 | 42.4% | 0.09% | 308,850 | 42.0% | 0.39% |
Lane separation-traffic Island | 29,736 | 24.2% | 1.41% | 123,083 | 16.0% | 0.09% | 138,479 | 18.8% | 0.50% |
Pavement surface-dry | 98,440 | 80.2% | 1.42% | 698,125 | 90.5% | 0.09% | 636,457 | 86.6% | 0.48% |
Pavement surface-wet | 24,270 | 19.8% | 0.78% | 72,904 | 9.5% | 0.05% | 98,813 | 13.4% | 0.35% |
Inclement weather | 17,706 | 14.4% | 0.78% | 57,624 | 7.5% | 0.04% | 81,115 | 11.0% | 0.32% |
Crash characteristics/types | |||||||||
Fall over | 80,518 | 65.6% | 0.47% | ||||||
Run off | 4363 | 3.6% | 4.42% | ||||||
Hit tree/pole | 5301 | 4.3% | 7.68% | ||||||
Hit traffic device | 1150 | 0.9% | 6.52% | ||||||
Hit island/barrier | 8127 | 6.6% | 4.41% | ||||||
Swipe crash-same direction | 92,471 | 12.0% | 0.09% | 104,399 | 14.2% | 0.32% | |||
Swipe crash-opposite direction | 29,184 | 3.8% | 0.09% | 27,850 | 3.8% | 0.36% | |||
Head-on crash | 10,713 | 1.4% | 0.22% | 6716 | 0.9% | 2.14% | |||
Read-end crash | 107,698 | 14.0% | 0.05% | 64,028 | 8.7% | 0.47% | |||
Side-impact crash | 280,617 | 36.4% | 0.08% | 299,656 | 40.8% | 0.40% | |||
Right-angle crash | 111,152 | 14.4% | 0.12% | 81,471 | 11.1% | 1.01% | |||
Motorcycle/list characteristics | |||||||||
LHM (250 cc and above) | 1905 | 1.6% | 3.83% | 5470 | 0.7% | 0.26% | 7245 | 1.0% | 1.16% |
Male | 76,972 | 62.7% | 1.69% | 446,243 | 57.9% | 0.10% | 423,164 | 57.6% | 0.55% |
Young (24 years old and less) | 46,031 | 37.5% | 0.91% | 242,881 | 31.5% | 0.04% | 253,458 | 34.5% | 0.26% |
Middle Age (25–54years old) | 51,279 | 41.8% | 1.31% | 364,158 | 47.2% | 0.05% | 322,145 | 43.8% | 0.33% |
Aged (55 years old and above) | 25,400 | 20.7% | 1.97% | 163,990 | 21.3% | 0.23% | 159,667 | 21.7% | 1.04% |
without wearing a helmet | 1309 | 1.1% | 11.77% | 5833 | 0.8% | 1.05% | 6927 | 0.9% | 3.44% |
without valid driving license | 13,967 | 11.4% | 3.19% | 71,661 | 9.3% | 0.16% | 78,478 | 10.7% | 1.04% |
Districted | 41,481 | 33.8% | 1.40% | 160,331 | 20.8% | 0.07% | 235,647 | 32.0% | 0.35% |
Speed violation | 7446 | 6.1% | 2.10% | 44,411 | 5.8% | 0.06% | 50,013 | 6.8% | 0.48% |
Improper turn | 51,739 | 6.7% | 0.12% | 21,135 | 2.9% | 0.89% | |||
Right of way violation | 155,393 | 20.2% | 0.12% | 97,799 | 13.3% | 0.96% | |||
Impaired | 11,335 | 9.2% | 2.87% | 2792 | 0.4% | 0.65% | 6029 | 0.8% | 2.22% |
Other violations | 47,376 | 38.6% | 1.04% | 204,256 | 26.5% | 0.08% | 158,307 | 21.5% | 0.37% |
Motorcyclist’s BAC (<0.3%) | 926 | 0.8% | 7.88% | 2812 | 0.4% | 0.71% | 3378 | 0.5% | 4.50% |
Motorcyclist’s BAC (≥0.3%) | 10,378 | 8.5% | 3.38% | 6848 | 0.9% | 0.56% | 9848 | 1.3% | 2.50% |
Motorcyclist’s BAC unknown | 3332 | 2.7% | 14.41% | 11,299 | 1.5% | 0.60% | 6698 | 0.9% | 12.45% |
Counterpart motorcycle/vehicle characteristics | |||||||||
LHM (250 cc+) | 5469 | 0.7% | 0.51% | ||||||
Large Car (Bus & Truck) | 22,659 | 3.1% | 3.37% | ||||||
Without driving license | 71,676 | 9.3% | 0.16% | 26,380 | 3.6% | 0.85% | |||
Districted | 160,293 | 20.8% | 0.12% | 91,828 | 12.5% | 0.77% | |||
Speed related violations | 44,408 | 5.8% | 0.16% | 26,302 | 3.6% | 1.43% | |||
Improper turns | 51,750 | 6.7% | 0.06% | 107,954 | 14.7% | 0.21% | |||
Right of way violation | 155,393 | 20.2% | 0.12% | 107,954 | 14.7% | 0.21% | |||
Impaired | 2791 | 0.4% | 0.29% | 2076 | 0.3% | 1.69% | |||
Other violations | 204,329 | 26.5% | 0.06% | 195,570 | 26.6% | 0.36% | |||
Motorcyclist’s driver’s BAC (+<0.3%) | 2811 | 0.4% | 0.39% | 3788 | 0.5% | 1.32% | |||
Motorcyclist’s driver’s BAC (≥0.3%) | 6847 | 0.9% | 0.28% | 5633 | 0.8% | 1.76% | |||
Motorcyclist/driver’s BAC unknown | 11,567 | 1.5% | 0.14% | 20,657 | 2.8% | 0.61% |