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HPRL Research Methodology
- "Motorcycles: Common International Methodology
for On-Scene, In-Depth Accident Investigation" manuscript preparation for the
Technical Expert Group of the Coordinating Group for Motorcycle Accident
Investigations, of the Road Transport Programme of the Directorate of Science
and Technology and Industry, of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD/DSTI/RTR/RS9/TEG) This extremely comprehensive document is
expected to evolve as an International Standards Organization (ISO) standard
in the near future. This work has been in progress by HPRL staff since 1997
and continues to the evolution and improvement of the methodology in accident
reconstruction and accident data collection.
- National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety (NAMS)
committee was active in the collection and reporting of factual materials to
recommend action for future motorcycle safety activities in the USA, sponsored
jointly by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
HRPL staff and advisers participate in NAMS committee activities to develop a
report to the public for action in motorcycle accident and injury prevention.
Ideally the NAMS final report will provide guidelines for DOT's Motorcycle
Safety Improvement Plan (MSIP).
- Motorcycle Accident Investigation Methodology
Survey is being conducted by HPRL technical staff. The object is to collect
and analyze the individual practices of recognized international experts in
motorcycle accident reconstruction, then integrate the contemporary standards
of practice into the international methodology of the OECD "Common
International Methodology." There is a wide variety of methods used in the
reconstruction of motorcycle accidents, including complex replication by crash
tests and computer based simulations as well as elementary applications of
physics with exemplar vehicles. There is success with all of these methods
depending on the complexity of the collision and the need for precision in the
reconstruction of accident events, but a standardized methodology is needed
for application to research needs.
- Motorcycle Transportation Public Safety
Studies of the Motorcycle and Moped Committee of the National Research
Council, Transportation Research Board.
- Motorcycle Alcohol Countermeasures Research,
as a partner with the well known Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
(PIRE), HPRL staff members have studied the persisting problem of alcohol
involvement in motorcycle accidents. Under NHTSA contract, PIRE and HPRL staff
have developed the foundations of data collection to study the problem and
evaluate strategies for alcohol involvement in motorcycle accidents and
related countermeasures development.
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