The combined benefits of motorcycle antilock braking systems (ABS) in preventing crashes and reducing crash severity

Abstract

This article indicated that motorcycle ABS reduced impairing injuries, mostly due to fewer emergency care visits but also due to a reduction in crash severity. This may seem reasonable as the improved stability and braking performance provided by ABS could prevent some crashes but would also decrease crash severity if a collision still occurs. As suggested by previous studies, however, the lower extremities would be more exposed in a crash with ABS. It is recommended that future research should follow up these results with additional data.

Sickness absence and disability pension after road traffic accidents, a nationwide register-based study comparing different road user groups with matched references

“…Other road users had a higher proportion of inpatient healthcare, which might indicate more severe injuries. The lower proportion of injuries to the ‘head, face, and neck, not TBI’ among other road users could be due to the higher proportion of helmet use among motorcyclists compared to bicyclists, but it could also be due to higher crash severity and hence more severe injuries [ 16 ] that require longer time to heal and have more impact on work ability.…”

On the road safety benefits of advanced driver assistance systems in different driving contexts

“…Best performance in urban roads due to the low-speed range ( Cicchino, 2017;Doyle et al, 2015;Rizzi et al, 2014).…”

Road Safety Analysis

“…An attempt to address this issue, that is, distinguishing between crash avoidance and reduced crash severity, has been presented in Rizzi et al (2015). However, it should be noted that this approach is difficult to apply to police-reported crashes, as it requires injury data with good resolution (i.e., hospital records including full diagnoses), which may not be available in all regions of the world.…”