An Instance of Effective Legal Regulation

Motorcyclist Helmet and Daytime Headlamp Laws

Bibliographic Data

ID4085671
AuthorsLeon S Robertson (0000-0002-1206-4496, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume10
Issue3
Pages467-477
Publication date1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3053144
OpenAlexW2050627709
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited1

Motorcycles are involved in fatal crashes far in excess of their share of motor vehicle mileage or registrations. Although their annual mileage per vehicle is less than half that of cars (Federal Highway Administration, 1974), and they were only 3.7 percent of registered motor vehicles in the U.S. in 1974, their riders accounted for 6.8 percent of motor vehicle fatalities (National Safety Council, 1975). A study of vehicle sizes in fatal crashes found that motorcycles killed pedestrians at about the same rate per registered motorcycle as small cars per registered small car (Robertson and Baker, in press). (The pedestrian rates were higher per registered vehicle among larger cars and trucks.) A survey of traumatic spinal cord injuries in 18 Northern California counties found that 9 percent of motor vehicle related spinal cord trauma occurred to motorcyclists (Kraus, et al., 1975). In one California county where an attempt was made to find all medically treated motorcyclist injuries, one of every 24 registered motorcycles per year was involved in a crash that resulted in such injuries (Kraus et al., 1975

Daytime · Headlamp · Physics · Political science · Engineering · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Law · Traffic and Road Safety · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

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