National Motorcycle safety action plan - Road Safety Authority

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SPECIFIC TARGET • To reduce the motorcycle fatality risk (fatalities per 100,000 registered motorcycles) by 50% from a base of the 2005-2008 average risk of 101 to 50 fatalities per 100,000 registered vehicles by 2014. Reducing Motorcycle Injuries 8.2.2 Ireland’s target for injuries of all road users is to achieve a 25% reduction in overall injuries by 2012. This target is supported in the Motorcycle Safety Action Plan at a level of 25%. The number of motorcycle injuries has been declining approximately linearly since 2000 and if this trend continues the target of reducing the 2005-2008 average of 478 to 239 is challenging but achievable. SPECIFIC TARGET To reduce the number of motorcyclists injuries by 50% (or better) from a base of the 2005-2008 average of 478 to 239 per annum by 2014. Reducing Motorcyclist Fatalities and Injuries in Built-up Areas 8.2.3 Currently, 71% of motorcyclist fatalities and injuries in Ireland occur on roads in a ‘built-up’ environment, and so the potential for reducing fatalities and injuries through the implementation of targeted road safety engineering measures, street lighting improvements, and crossing provision and upgrades would be expected to be high. SPECIFIC TARGET To reduce the number of killed and injured occurring in built up areas by 50% (or better) by the year 2014, from a base of the 2005 -2008 average of 307 motorcyclist fatalities and injuries per annum to 153 per annum. Visibility 8.2.4 The Action Plan encourages high visibility enforcement in locations where there are known motorcycle collision issues. SPECIFIC TARGET To improve surveyed wearing rates of high visibility clothing from 40% to 75% overall. 25
9 Action Plan 9.1.1 A table of specific actions linked to each of the five areas of Engineering, Equipment, Enforcement, Education and Evaluation is presented on the pages which follow. 9.1.2 The implementation of the Motorcycle Safety Action Plan will be overseen and monitored by the Road Safety Authority through the production of an annual report to the Minister for Transport by the end of the following year. This will emphasise road safety outcomes achieved, cost benefit analysis and value for money. 26
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