Road improvements to reduce injury severity
While most road improvements produce their safety benefit by preventing crashes, others play a larger role in reducing injury severity. Many of the latter road treatments provide a more forgiving environment in the event that run-off-the-road incidents do occur (which they term 'roadside hazard management') and consist of two key strategies: the development of clear zones and modifying roadside hazards especially trees and poles, so that any impact is either totally avoided or has reduced consequences. Barriers are one approach to modifying roadside hazards.
These measures address the problem of road surface and environmental hazards as factors contributing to the over-representation of motorcycle riders in crashes.
The reader is referred to Table 1 of the Haddon matrix for an understanding of how these measures to improve motorcycle safety have been classified in relation to other measures.
Provision of safe roadsides
Improved barrier design
Information sourced from A review of potential countermeasures for motorcycle and scooter safety across APEC (Full report and References [PDF, 304KB]). |
