Motorcycle Crashes into Traffic Barriers: Factors Related to Serious and Fatal Injuries
Motorcycle riders account for more fatalities than the passengers of any other vehicle type
involved in a guardrail collision. In 2018, motorcycle riders accounted for 40% of all fatalities
resulting from a guardrail collision.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP Research Report 1005: Motorcycle Crashes into Traffic Barriers: Factors Related to Serious and Fatal Injuries
provides support for implementation of motorcyclist
protection systems (MPS) in the United States.
Supplemental to the report are a
presentation and
NCHRP Web-Only Document 327: Serious and Fatal Motorcycle Crashes into Traffic Barriers: Injury Information.
This Summary Last Modified On: 10/26/2022