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Motorcyclists are one of the most vulnerable creatures on the road. Sadly, despite the abundance of motorcycles on the road and them being the staple of Indian transport, majority of the fatalities and serious injuries in road accidents happen to motorcyclists. While some of it can be alleviated by the riders' awareness and usage of proper safety gears, there's more that can be done according to this research from Australia.
In Australia, only around 5% of the registered vehicles are motorcycles but motorcyclists make up nearly 25% of all traffic-related hospitalizations. Both of those percentages are substantially higher in our country. So this world-first Australian study talks about one of the most common injury among motorcyclists which is pelvic damage.
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In India, it can be said that a substantial fraction of serious injuries and deaths occur due to negligence regarding the traffic rules and safety gears but again, there's more to it than that. About the research, folks at the Transurban Road Safety Centre at NeuRA designed and built a specialist crash test sled to mimic different rider sitting positions and travel speeds, before simulating a series of crashes.
The findings are rather interesting in the sense that seating position and the design of motorcycle fuel tanks play an important role in whether the rider suffers from serious pelvic injury in head-on crashes. A very refined and specific set, but an important one nonetheless.
The researchers were interested in this research since in Australia, one in five hospitalized motorcyclists have a pelvic injury, and 85% of those injuries resulted from direct contact with the motorcycle’s fuel tank. This means that the design of the tank and ergonomics can positively or negatively impact the results of head on collisions.
Now the findings of the research suggest that fuel tanks that have a steeper gradient or rise steeply from the bike seat makes the possibility of an injury to the reader spike up.
Another peculiar finding of the study suggests that motorcycles that have the rider sitting in a more upright position are more likely to cause a more serious injury to the rider. In simple words, the riding stance of cruisers is more likely to injure the rider than the riding stance of sportier motorcycles in which the rider has a forward-leaning position.
The findings are interesting and can pave a path for a safer design of tanks on motorcycles in the future especially the ones on which riders have a more upright riding position. Transurban Road Safety Centre is presenting the findings to safety specialists and manufacturers in order to positively influence the design of motorcycles to make the safer for the riders.
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In Australia, only around 5% of the registered vehicles are motorcycles but motorcyclists make up nearly 25% of all traffic-related hospitalizations. Both of those percentages are substantially higher in our country. So this world-first Australian study talks about one of the most common injury among motorcyclists which is pelvic damage.
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In India, it can be said that a substantial fraction of serious injuries and deaths occur due to negligence regarding the traffic rules and safety gears but again, there's more to it than that. About the research, folks at the Transurban Road Safety Centre at NeuRA designed and built a specialist crash test sled to mimic different rider sitting positions and travel speeds, before simulating a series of crashes.
The findings are rather interesting in the sense that seating position and the design of motorcycle fuel tanks play an important role in whether the rider suffers from serious pelvic injury in head-on crashes. A very refined and specific set, but an important one nonetheless.
The researchers were interested in this research since in Australia, one in five hospitalized motorcyclists have a pelvic injury, and 85% of those injuries resulted from direct contact with the motorcycle’s fuel tank. This means that the design of the tank and ergonomics can positively or negatively impact the results of head on collisions.
Now the findings of the research suggest that fuel tanks that have a steeper gradient or rise steeply from the bike seat makes the possibility of an injury to the reader spike up.
Another peculiar finding of the study suggests that motorcycles that have the rider sitting in a more upright position are more likely to cause a more serious injury to the rider. In simple words, the riding stance of cruisers is more likely to injure the rider than the riding stance of sportier motorcycles in which the rider has a forward-leaning position.
The findings are interesting and can pave a path for a safer design of tanks on motorcycles in the future especially the ones on which riders have a more upright riding position. Transurban Road Safety Centre is presenting the findings to safety specialists and manufacturers in order to positively influence the design of motorcycles to make the safer for the riders.
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