Motorcycle policy
Development in London
Peter Sadler
Principal Delivery Planner, Transport for London (TfL)
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The National Road Safety
Conference 2012
Motorcycle policy development
in London
Peter Sadler
Principal Delivery Planner
Transport for London
HeadingPolicy Development in London
Motorcycle
Agenda
1) Introduction and recap of previous TfL
motorcycle work and casualty
performance
2) The London road safety challenge in the
future
3) The approach taken in developing the
draft motorcycle safety action plan
4) Examples of work done in developing the
action plan
5) Questions
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TfL’sHeading
motorcycling initiatives: May 2008 to present
Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS)
• Proposal 30 commits to allowing
motorcycles to use bus lanes
• Proposals 64 to 67 refer to road safety for
all road users
Initiatives as a result of MTS
• Further Motorcycles in Bus Lanes trial
• Involvement in European Safer Urban
Motorcycle (e-SUM) project
• Motorcycle Road Safety Training for
designers and engineers
• Further marketing campaigns, cinema and
radio advertisements
• Employment of a full time MPS Tasking
Team for BikeSafe and enforcement duties
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motorcycling initiatives: Marketing campaigns
• Optical illusions campaign
• Don’t look see campaign
• Motorcycles in Bus Lanes
• Turning at junctions campaign
Heading in London: Motorcycle Tasking Team
Motorcycling
TfL funded and supported enforcement
and tasking operations
 Off siding enforcement
 Vehicle and licence checks
 Speeding enforcement
 Insurance checks
 Bike seizures
 Advice to riders
 BikeSafe
 Assistance with research
Motorcycling
Heading in London: Road safety KSI reduction
Estimated powered-two-wheeler flow
Powered-two-wheeler KSI
1,600
1,000
900
1,400
1,200
700
Casualties
1,000
1994-98 average
Target
40%
800
600
500
400
600
Target line
34%
decrease
by year 2010
400
200
300
200
100
0
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Million vehicle kilometres
800
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Draft London Road Safety Action Plan
The Next five years –
Challenges and solutions
Heading in London: An action plan
Motorcycling
Motorcycling
Heading in London: Guiding principles
Make use of what
is out there and
don’t reinvent the
wheel
A safety action
plan to inform TfL’s
future work on
improving
motorcycling in
London
Bring together all
aspects of TfL’s
work on
motorcycles
Work with
stakeholders and
partners
Heading in London: e-SUM Involvement
Motorcycling
• January 2009 London e-SUM
meeting
• TfL led on review of safety
interventions and production of the
Good Practice guide
• Multi European state and private
sector initiative
Heading in London: e-SUM Involvement
Motorcycling
1 – WP2
Benchmarking
2 – WP2
Conclusions
3 – WP2
4 – WP2
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2
5 – WP5
Monitoring, evaluation, synthesis –
Part 1 Establish common criteria
6 – WP3
GP Guide
7 – WP4
Demonstrations
8 – WP5
10 – WP7
Monitoring, evaluation, synthesis –
Part 2 apply common criteria
Dissemination
9 – WP6
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ACTION PACKFOR
FOLLOWER CITIES
Heading in London: e-SUM research
Motorcycling
However, not all e-SUM findings may be
applicable to London
1) Legislative differences
2) Training requirements
3) London specific characteristics
Motorcycle
Headingcollision locations (STATS19 data)
Motorcycling
Heading in London: Extending safety knowledge
Source: Stats19 data (three years of motorcycle KSI data)
Motorcycling
Heading in London: Personal Protective Equipment
Motorcycling
Heading in London: Personal Protective Equipment
ACCSTATS
Collisions by
age/gender/
motorcycle
type
Literature
Review
Video Survey
Questionnaire
Survey
Clothing type
wearing rates
Distribution of
injuries on
bodies
Extent clothing
reduces injuries
Number of
injuries to body
parts
Number injuries to
body parts without
protection
Injuries per
collision
Number injuries to body parts
with x% wearing protection
Reduction in number of
injuries from collisions
Heading in London: Fatal files research
Motorcycling
Fatal File Analysis completed,
prioritisation of interventions being
undertaken
Key collision types
• ‘Loss of control’ by motorcyclists
• Other vehicles turning across
motorcyclist path
• Motorcyclist exceeding speed limit
Evidence
from fatal
files
Intervent
ions
most
readily
applicabl
e to
London
Prioritise
d
intervent
ions for
London
Most common fatal collision manoeuvre types
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motorcycle safety action plan: Conceptual framework
Human
Vehicle
Environment
Roadworthiness,
Road design,
road
maintenance
Event
Use of safety
devices
Safety systems
fitted
Roadside
furniture in place
- safety barriers
Post - event
First aid available
Vehicle damage
Traffic congestion
Pre - event
Education,
impairment
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Motorcycling
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Regular meetings with stakeholders
Latest research findings shared and discussed
Draft proposals developed collaboratively
A feeling that it has been a valuable process to
have engaged in
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Motorcycling
Thank you and I would be happy to answer any
questions you may have.
Peter Sadler, Principal Delivery Planner, Transport
for London
Peter.sadler@tfl.gov.uk