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The safety of motorcycle users
 
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Department of Automotive Engineering and Transport, Kielce University of Technology, Polska
 
 
Submission date: 2023-06-11
 
 
Final revision date: 2023-09-22
 
 
Acceptance date: 2023-09-25
 
 
Publication date: 2023-09-29
 
 
Corresponding author
Antoni Bańkowski   

Department of Automotive Engineering and Transport, Kielce University of Technology, Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314, Kielce, Polska
 
 
The Archives of Automotive Engineering – Archiwum Motoryzacji 2023;101(3):32-49
 
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There are more and more motorcycles on the roads. This can be seen, for example, on the basis of statistical data from the Central Statistical Office, where newly registered two-wheelers are presented. Based on the data, it can be seen that there are more and more newly registered motorcycles every year and that there are many road accidents involving two-wheelers. According to data provided by the WHO, as many as 28% of fatalities in road accidents are motorcycle drivers [10]. The article below presents a review of the literature related to motorcycle crash tests and the dummies used for the tests. The work presents the most important standard that regulates how motorcycle crash tests are performed. The main purpose of the article is to draw attention to the problem of safety of motorcycle users. The text describes various crash tests of two-wheelers and stands used for testing motorcycles. The work presents a dummy specially designed for crash tests involving motorcycles. Differences between this dummy and other dummies used have also been described. The paper discusses the literature and describes research related to crash tests.
 
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