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Motorcycle and scooter riders are extremely vulnerable on the road. Motorcycling Australia believes that road safety is a political issue and works to ensure that Governments accept their responsibilities in ensuring Rider Safety.

Ensuring our safety is a shared responsibility between us, Governments and other road users. 

We owe it to ourselves to ensure our own safety by:

• Being trained to ride with maximum safety
• Being trained to recognise and minimise hazards to ourselves
• Ride within our personal and machine capabilities
• Recognising that other road users may not always be able to see us clearly
• Only riding while wearing full protective equipment
• Ensuring our machines are properly maintained
• Never riding while impaired by drugs, alcohol or tiredness
• Never riding a machine which we are not licensed to ride.

• Create and maintain road infrastructure which minimises the risks to scooter and motorcycle riders
• Ensure that all road users are trained to share the road with us
• Remove other road users from the system who are unable to safely share the road with us
• Remove vehicles from the road that are unable to safely share the road with us
• Ensure that policies and insurances are in place which will mean that riders do not suffer financially in case of a crash
• Create a licencing structure which recognises the various factors influencing rider and driver behaviour.

• Be trained to drive with maximum safety
• Be trained to drive and minimise hazards to riders
• Drive within their personal and vehicle capabilities
• Recognise that motorcycles and scooters may be difficult to see clearly
• Ensure their vehicles are properly maintained
• Never drive while impaired by drugs, alcohol or tiredness
• Never drive a machine which they are not licenced to drive.

lucky 13

According to ACEM, the Motorcycle Industry Organisation in Europe, close to 90% of all crashes involve or are exacerbated by road infrastructure. They have chosen Lucky 13, as a cartoon character to pinpoint these potential risks.

Lucky 13 is a motorcyclist. He’s a lucky guy, and he's on the road every day. He doesn’t know that the road isn’t always a safe place to ride, yet he pulls it off every time. Don’t be like him, and count on your luck to protect you. Learn from his mistakes. Safe riding!

The cartoon is based on the “Infrastructure Guidelines Handbook” released by ACEM in 2006 as part of its Safety Plan for Action and was created with the support of motorcycle training instructors.

ACEM members actively support the ‘shared responsibility’ concept and are committed to reducing accidents by developing increasingly safer vehicles and by funding research, financing and participating to road safety projects to act together towards the common objective of improving the road safety of powered two-wheeler users.

Click here to download the ACEM brochure
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #1 [Intersections]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #2 [Road Hazards]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #3 [Road Surfaces]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #4 [Diesel & Liquid Spills]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #5 [Damaged Road Surfaces]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #6 [Traffic Calming Devices]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #7 [Night-Time Hazards]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #8 [Dealing with Surface Debris]
Click here to download Lucky 13 cartoon #9 [Central Islands & Reservations]

These files are Adobe Acrobat format. [Approximately 1MB in size]. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. You can get the Reader program free by clicking here.

ACEM Annual Report 2008
ACEM Annual Report 2007
ACEM Annual Report 2006
 

safety summit synopsis

March 24, 2009

MA is a member of the Motorcycle Safety Consultative Committee (MSCC), a National forum between the Australian Government and motorcyclists. 

The MSCC convened a Motorcycle & Scooter Safety Summit in April 2008 to explore key safety issues and to scope new and existing safety measures.

The Summit was to provide input to the development of a post-2010 National Road Safety Strategy based on practical, evidence-based recommendations for actions to improve motorcycle safety.  

The full report can be downloaded here.

MAIDS reports

MAIDS   has the most comprehensive data currently available for Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW) accidents in Europe. The investigation was conducted over three years in five countries on 921 accidents each using an assessment with 2000 variables

An aggregate database was generated which forms the basis for the MAIDS report. Key findings include:

• There were 103 cases involving a fatality of either the rider or the passenger.
• L1 vehicles were over-represented in the accident sample when compared with the exposure sample.
• More L1 vehicles were involved in accidents which took place in an urban area than L3 vehicles. (85.9% v. 62%).
• 54.3% of the PTW accidents took place at an intersection.
• Passenger cars were the most frequent collision partner (60%).
• 72% of the accidents took place in urban areas.
• A PTW was more likely to collide with a passenger car in an urban area than in a rural area. (64.1% v. 46.7%).
• Due to the absence of comparable exposure data, it was not possible to determine if any month, day of the week or time of the day was a risk factor.

MAIDS FAQs

Positioned for Safety

The Motorcycle Council of NSW has produced a comprehensive Strategic Plan "Postioned for Safety" which has a systematic approach to motorcycle safety based on evidence.

Positioned for Safety is the result of consultation with riders, the motorcycle industry, road safety researchers, local government & State government agencies, providing a framework & direction for the MCC and other stakeholders to improve road safety for motorcyclists.

The aim is to enable riders:

1. To become informed participants in the motorcycle safety debate.
2. To take part in setting the agenda and driving issues pro-actively on behalf of motorcyclists rather than simply reacting to government policy decisions.

The strategic planning process:

• Identified the key safety issues for motorcyclists in NSW
• Determined priorities and established objectives for the MCC and other stakeholders
• Identified strategies for addressing those issues
• Developed stakeholder support and participation in improving motorcycle safety
• Established a base for coordinated, long term planning for motorcycle safety.

Copies can be downloaded here.

Motorcycling Australia is pleased to be able to assist a MCCNSW promote this strategy and hope that this plan will further contribute to safer motorcycling in NSW.