Objective Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) users are greatly over-involved in serious and fatal crashes. They have between 5 and 25 times the risk of having a fatal crash compared to car drivers, depending on the country. The number of PTWs on European roads has more than doubled over the last two decades. The recent MAIDS (Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study) study of PTW crashes in Europe found that behavioural and ergonomic issues were major contributing factors to PTW crashes: the primary accident cause for PTW crashes was the failure of drivers to perceive two-wheelers; and human error was a major contributing factor to most crashes, for both PTW and car drivers. The majority of PTW crashes involved a collision with a car. Many large-scale research programs have been undertaken to understand the behavioural and ergonomic factors that contribute to crashes involving 4-wheeled vehicles. These have been effective in informing countermeasure development, which has led to significant reductions in crashes. To our knowledge, no comparable human factors and behavioural research programs have been initiated in the PTW domain, in Europe or elsewhere. The high rate of motorcycle-related deaths and injuries calls for new and refined countermeasures, deriving from solid behavioural and ergonomics research. In this proposal we outline an innovative program of research, involving partners from Europe, Israel and Australia, that directly targets those behavioural and ergonomic factors cited in the MAIDS study as contributing to PTW crashes. This includes research on crash causes and human error, the world’s first naturalistic riding study involving instrumented PTWs, research on motorcycle rider risk awareness and perception, the development of new research tools to support the research program, in-depth research on the factors that underlie driver failures to see PTWs and their riders, and the development of recommendations for practical countermeasures for enhancing PTW rider safety. Fields of science social sciencespsychologyergonomics Keywords Accidentology Conspicuity Hazard perception Human Factors Naturalistic driving Powered Two Wheelers Road Safety Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST-2007-4.1-01 - Safety and security by design SST-2007-4.1-02 - Human physical and behavioural components Call for proposal FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator EUROPE RECHERCHE TRANSPORT EU contribution € 179 288,00 Address Avenue du general malleret-joinville 2 94114 Arcueil cedex France See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stéphane Laporte (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (26) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DES TRANSPORTS, DE L'AMENAGEMENT ET DES RESEAUX France EU contribution € 567 335,27 Address Boulevard isaac newton 14 cite descartes 14-20 77447 Marne la vallee cedex 2 See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mireille Gravier-Bardet (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE EUROPEEN D'ETUDES DE SECURITE ET D'ANALYSE DES RISQUES France EU contribution € 145 272,25 Address 215 avenue georges clemenceau 92000 Nanterre See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Clément Val (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN Germany EU contribution € 430 925,00 Address Helmholtzstrasse 10 01069 Dresden See on map Region Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sven Kreigenfeld (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN Germany EU contribution € 208 931,00 Address Bruederstrasse 53 51427 Bergisch gladbach See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hildegard Behr-Greinert (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 188 575,38 Address Piazza san marco 4 50121 Florence See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Niccolò Baldanzini (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA Italy EU contribution € 131 221,00 Address Via universita 4 41121 Modena See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Modena Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eugenio Dragoni (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Italy EU contribution € 118 732,00 Address Via 8 febbraio 2 35122 Padova See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Padova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paolo Francesco Bariani (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TRL LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 227 215,02 Address Crowthorne house nine mile ride RG40 3GA Wokingham See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mark Chattington (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FACTUM Chaloupka & Risser OHG Austria EU contribution € 165 443,00 Address Danhausergasse 6/4 1040 Wien See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Erika Lasser-Ginsh (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ÖSTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGS- UND PRÜFZENTRUM ARSENAL GES.M.B.H. 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