Abstract
Unlike door crash accidents predominantly involving bicycles in Australia, the UK, and other Western countries, cases in Taiwan are far more fatal as they usually involve motorcycles. This is due to the unique anthropogeography and transportation patterns of Taiwan, particularly the numbers of motorcycles being twice that of cars. Both path analysis and multivariate logistic regression methods were adopted in this study. The multivariate logistic regression analysis results have shown that the main risk factors causing serious injuries in door crashes include winter, morning, male motorcyclists, heavy motorcycles, and the left sides of cars. Regarding the gender differences in motorcyclists, it appears that female motorcyclists have higher door crash accident rates, while the odds of severe injury and fatality in male motorcyclists are 1.658 times greater than that of female motorcyclists. The risk factors derived from the multivariate logistic regression analysis were further discussed and analysed. It was found that the causes of serious injuries and deaths stemming from door crashes were related to the risk perception ability, reaction ability, visibility, and riding speed of the motorcyclists. Therefore, suggestions on risk management and accident prevention were proposed using advocacy through the 3E strategies of human factors engineering design.
Highlights
Owing to the unique anthropogeography and transportation patterns of Taiwan, it has led to a rather distinctive crash type—the motorcycle door crash
This study focuses on the statistical investigation and analysis of the risk factors causing serious injuries and deaths by motorcycle–car door crash accidents in Taiwan
Having completed the multivariate logistic regression analysis of the risk factors of door crash accidents, it was found that the factors under the risk factors such as season, time period, day and night, gender of the injured motorcyclist, type of motorcycle, and the side of the car have an immense impact on the severity of casualties
Summary
Owing to the unique anthropogeography and transportation patterns of Taiwan, it has led to a rather distinctive crash type—the motorcycle door crash. Taiwan is an island situated in East Asia, lying to the north-west of the Pacific. Eurasia across the Taiwan Strait to the west. The main island of Taiwan covers an area of 36,000 square kilometres. Taiwan’s current population is about 23 million, with an average population density of 648 people per square kilometre, the island has a high population density. With regard to the transportation patterns of Taiwan, motorcycles are the dominant means of transport. The ratio of the number of motorcycles to overall motor vehicles in Taiwan scores the highest globally [1,2]
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