{"id":7853,"date":"2016-11-07T12:16:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T19:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2016-11-06T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T21:17:28","slug":"digging-into-results-of-naturalistic-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/digging-into-results-of-naturalistic-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging Into Results Of Naturalistic Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7855\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OddsRatio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7855\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OddsRatio.jpg\" vspace=\"10\" alt=\"chart showing how risk increases\" width=\"497\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OddsRatio.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/OddsRatio-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>This chart from the report shows how much certain conditions or actions increase risk. (Source: Motorcycle Safety Foundation)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/report-out-on-naturalistic-study-of-motorcycle-crashes\/\" target=\"_blank\">noted previously<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf-usa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motorcycle Safety Foundation<\/a> (MSF) has released the results of its naturalistic motorcycle crash study. Here are some interesting items from that report.<\/p>\n<p>I would guess that the findings the MSF considers important to work into their rider training curriculum could be considered the most relevant. Toward the end of the report there is a section, &#8220;Application of Findings,&#8221; where they briefly state the issue and then list the finding that suggest more emphasis might be needed in training. I&#8217;m going to abbreviate this considerably. If you want to read it all <a href=\"http:\/\/msf-usa.org\/downloads\/msf100_2016\/Risk_Factors_From_MSF_100_Study_Paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">you&#8217;ll find the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Changing direction requires special attention \/ Riding in a right curve doubles the risk of a crash or near-crash compared to riding on a straight roadway.<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis on the importance of appropriate speed in curve maneuvers \/ Study results indicate that excessive speed is a factor in 45% of the events.<\/li>\n<li>Crashes, if they ever happen, occur mostly in curves and at intersections \/ The risk of crashes<br \/>\nand near-crashes are increased at various types of intersections: traffic signaled intersections (nearly 3 times), parking lot\/driveway intersections (8 times), and intersections uncontrolled in the rider\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction (40 times).<\/li>\n<li>There is rarely a single cause of any crash \/ Factors that increase risk include locality, intersections, the type of road surface, traffic flow, roadway grade, and roadway alignment; practicing under these conditions, riding with extra vigilance, or just avoiding the risky situations will decrease one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chance of being involved in a crash.<\/li>\n<li>Use your eyes and mind to determine how and when to adjust position as situations unfold \/ having to maneuver to avoid an object increases the crash\/near-crash risk by nearly 12 times.<\/li>\n<li>Running off the road accounts for many crashes \/ 67% of all single-vehicle crashes and near-crashes involved curve negotiation, and 63% of those were run-off-road or lane line crossing cases.<\/li>\n<li>Special consideration for starting on a hill \/ riding on an uphill grade doubles the risk of crash\/near-crash, and riding on a downhill grade increases this risk four-fold.<\/li>\n<li>Types of road surfaces to be aware of, and how to react to them \/ Riding on a gravel or dirt road is related to 9 times the risk of crash\/near-crash involvement than riding on paved, smooth roads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, we already know these different situations involve greater risk but this study puts some numbers to them as to just how much riskier they are than just going straight on a smooth road under good conditions. All good information to factor into your riding strategy.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>A bad day just makes an evening ride feel that much better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As noted previously, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) has released the results of its naturalistic motorcycle crash study. Here are some interesting items from that report. I would guess that the findings the MSF considers important to work into their rider training curriculum could be considered the most relevant. Toward the end of the report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[274],"class_list":["post-7853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","tag-motorcycle-safety-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7858,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions\/7858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}