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MOTORCYCLE SAFETY and RIDER EDUCATION
Research, Reports and Plans
The National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety is a comprehensive plan to improve motorcycle safety in the U.S. It contains 82 recommendations in 5 categories to improve motorcycle safety on our nation's highways.
Approximately half the NAMS recommendations are directed to states and communities. This guide helps state and community organizations improve motorcycle safety by identifying 7 categories of potential action steps.
NHTSA’s 2006 Motorcycle Safety Plan centers on crash prevention, which offers the greatest potential safety benefit for motorcyclists, while also addressing injury mitigation and emergency response.
NHTSA and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted a 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study to better understand the causes of crashes. The impact of driver inattention surfaced in this driver behavior study.
Key initiatives for 2008 and 2009 include a Motorcycle Crash Causes and Outcomes Study, national standards for new rider training, stricter helmet certification labeling, distribution of Roadway Safety for Motorcycles for designing motorcycle safer roads, a police training program on motorcycle safety and a Share the Road campaign kit.
Wisconsin's program to reduce highway fatalities