Analysis of factors affecting the severity of hospitalized injuries in motorcycle traffic accidents
- Date：2019-03-06
- Update：2019-03-06
- Department：IOT
Project Overview：
The number of people injured in motorcycle traffic accidents in Taiwan is about 300,000 a year, causing huge social costs. In order to understand the characteristics of the more seriously injured motorcyclists, this research obtained data on the illnesses, medications, driving behaviors and habits of more than 800 motorcycle traffic accident hospitalized patients through questionnaires, and conducted statistical analysis on the injury severity data in coordination with the hospitals to find out the risk factors that affect the severity of motorcycle traffic accidents. These research results can provide the public with the risk factors that require attention when riding a motorcycle, and can also serve as a reference for the government, medical, motorcycle industry and academic research institutes to develop countermeasures for reducing the severity of injuries in motorcycle accidents.
Research outcomes：
(1)Comparing the hospitalization severity of all age groups of motorcyclists, including three categories of: hospitalization days for more than 15 days, use of respirators and high severity of trauma, with 45-64 year olds as the control group, the risk level of young (18-24 years old) group and the elderly (over 65 years old) group is about two times higher.
(2)The factors affecting hospitalization severity of young and elderly groups include: fatigue before the accident, closely follow the large vehicle behind or around, before the red light turns green rush out in order the pass another vehicle, and high driving speed. The risk factors of other age groups include: line of sight is affected and distracted due to light or rain in the surroundings, near-collision a the bicycle coming from the right rear direction when making a right turn, and making a direct left turn on intersections with a two-stage left turn requirement for motorcycles, etc.
Promotion of Outcomes and Benefits：
(1)A press release was issued on July 28, 2017, "The secret for motorcyclists to reduce serious injuries - reduce the speed and watch the road ahead!" to make public, stakeholders and groups more aware of their rights and interests in cooperating with government departments on motorcycle safety issues and investment of resources.
(2)In May 2018, this Institute presented its reports to the Road Traffic Safety Committee of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to provide the ministry and relevant agencies with strategic directions for their discussions regarding the prevention of motorcycle accidents in the future.
Summary of Key Resarch Outcomes ：
