Details Of Motorcycle Accidents and Their Impacts on Healthcare Costs

Eroğlu, Serkan Emre; Toprak, Sıddıka Nihal; Akoğlu, Ebru Ünal; Onur, Özge; Denizbaşı, Arzu; Özpolat, Çiğdem; Akoğlu, Haldun

doi:10.5505/tjtes.2013.06767

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“…The hospital admission rate of motorcyclists is 10 times higher than that of car users. 11,12 Statistics show a drastic increase in motorcycle accidents year by year. The common problems associated with motorcycle clothing are abrasions, lacerations, and contusions due to road crashes.…”

Section: Evolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on the performance characteristics and quality standards of motorcycle protective clothing

Natarajan

Rajan

2021

Journal of Industrial Textiles

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Motorcycle protective clothing is designed to protect motorcyclists from injuries during accidents. It helps to protect the motorcyclist and pillion passengers during the collision and acts as a barrier between the rider’s skin and tarmac surface. Soft tissue trauma is common in motorcycle accidents and protective clothing can protect the soft tissue of the riders up to a certain extent during accidents. Though there are many reasons for road accidents and injuries, the reasons such as uncomfortable clothing, thermally inefficient protective clothing during hot climatic conditions, and ineffective performance of the personal protective equipment (PPE) are also to be considered seriously. Motorcycle clothing is specially designed in such a way that it could give better protection against impact and abrasion during the collision. An increase in the usage of the motorcycle has also in turn increased the crash statistics. This paper deals with the significance of motorcycle clothing, materials, test standards, and their performance characteristics. As per the review results, most of the motorcycle protective clothing has failed to meet out the quality standard protocols. Impact resistance, abrasion resistance, thermal comfort, and ergonomics are the major areas where more focus is required. Design of appropriate fabrics assuring requisites of motorcycle clothing is very challenging and extensive research is still intended in these areas.

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Section: Evolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%