Exploratory Study of the Motorized Bicycle Accident Program. Volume 1. Technical Report

摘要

This report describes the study design, data collection methodology and practice, quality control design and effectiveness and data findings, analysis and conclusions of a three year study to describe the characteristics of moped accidents; the characteristics of moped owners, users and accident involved drivers; dimension the moped accident situation; and to develop estimates of the cost of moped accidents. The report describes the data sources and techniques to generate the required information. The findings indicate that moped accidents are similar to motor vehicle-bicycle accidents; users are often not the registrant; there is a high amount of usage and accident involvement by the young and the unlicensed.