Motorcycle accident study: from 70 km / h, no airbag helps either

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From 70 km / h onwards, no airbag helps

Read here about the chances of survival with protective clothing, whether driving in a group is more dangerous than alone and what measures accident researchers suggest to increase the safety of motorcyclists.


Dina Dervisevic

08/02/2019

It’s not that motorcyclists don’t know. They just don’t talk about it often because it’s not fun to deal with the risk of death. Nevertheless, it is necessary from time to time to deal with the potential dangers of motorcycling. Because even if the driver gets on a motorcycle in full gear, i.e. extensive protective clothing, the risk of being killed is “about 21 times higher than in a car,” as the latest evaluations of the accident research carried out by the GDV (General Association of the German Insurance Industry) have shown. In 2018, 629 motorcyclists died in accidents in Germany, 20,480 were seriously injured and 10,320 were slightly injured.

No clothing protects against death

“No practical protective clothing is able to prevent fatal injuries in the event of an impact at normal country road speed,” says accident researcher Siegfried Brockmann, head of the UDV (accident researcher for insurers), who is a motorcyclist himself and the results of the study are “rather disappointing” for the motorcyclists. He and his research team examined over 2,000 serious motorcycle accidents.

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How do you feel about protective clothing?

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I always drive with full protective clothing – depending on the occasion (trip or fair weather trip) in a textile or leather suit.

I’m not so strict about it; when the weather is good, my helmet is enough for me.

Everything except shorts is ok on day tours.

I ride in jeans – motorcycle jeans, after all.

For me, full protective equipment also includes a safety vest.

Even an airbag is not always a lifesaver

The study also found that protective clothing with protectors “can no longer prevent life-threatening injuries at speeds above 25 km / h” in the event of a collision with an obstacle. “Airbag jackets currently available can provide protection at impact speeds of up to 50 km / h expand, but for 70 km / h you need a larger airbag volume. The accident researchers are calling for further progress in product development.

Vehicle-to-vehicle communication

However, there are also limits to the development of clothing and motorcycles when it comes to safety. Brockmann sees great development potential in the area of ​​road safety, especially in the area of ​​vehicle-to-vehicle communication.

Clothing protects in the event of an accident without impact

If there is no collision or impact, but instead, for example, we slide across the asphalt, then protective clothing is very useful. However, there is often a lack of run-off areas on country roads for unhindered sledding. Images as we know them from the racetrack – dismounting at high speed, sliding over the gravel field, getting up and driving on – we rarely come across everyday motorcyclists on country roads.

Accident constellations on solo and group trips

When driving alone, the collision with a car or truck is more common than when driving in groups. The risk here is more the collisions within the group. “With a share of 15 percent of all serious motorcycle accidents recorded”, group trips do not represent “any particular safety risk”, according to a result of the accident study.

Mandatory safety training for motorcyclists

Unfortunately, advances in road safety are of little help to motorcyclists in the event of a crash. Therefore, the greatest potential to stay alive is to avoid a collision – whether with an oncoming motorcyclist, a car, truck or tree. Of course, it helps when motorcyclists are fit and on a high level. Siegfried Brockmann, head of the UDV (accident researcher for insurers), therefore calls for “compulsory driving safety training courses at regular intervals, which must take place both on closed-off terrain and in real traffic.”

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Conclusion

Yes, motorcycling is dangerous, this is nothing new. And the fact that Spain would like to introduce compulsory gloves to France is probably good for a couple of hands, the risk to life is minimized by this regulation – just like the rest of the protective equipment – in the event of an impact. There are still enough situations in which protective clothing can help us – just think of sliding on asphalt or a bare calf on the exhaust pipe. However, the most effective adjusting wheels are still the road users themselves and future developments in vehicle-to-vehicle communication.

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