Motorcycle Crash Data
Collection -Sri Lanka

Niranga Amarasingha, Ph.D.
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Sri Lanka
1Number of registered vehicles

Vehicle Population in Sri Lanka
4,000,000
3,500,000
3,000,000

53%

2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
02003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year

Motor cars

Motor Tricycle

Motor Cycles

Buses

Dual purpose vehicles

Lorries

Land vehicles-Tractors

Land vehicles-Trailers

Source: Department of Motor Traffic, Sri Lanka

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Injury Rate (injuries per 100, 000people)

Injury Rates in Sri Lanka
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.00.0

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
YearFatal

Grievous

Non Grievous Injury

Source: Traffic Police Records, Sri Lanka

3Motorcycle Fatalities
 Globally, nearly a quarter of all roadtraffic deaths are among motorcyclists

Source: WHO, 20184

High Injury Risks of Motorcycles
 They share the traffic space with fast-

moving traffic They are less visible
 They have lack of protection in thecase of a crash5Regulations, measurements
against motorcycle crash
 Similar regulations as all other vehicles
 Switch-on Headlights
 Helmet law enforced

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Crash Data
• Police data-Digital Database• Hospital data-Not in the digital form
• Insurance data- Insurance is notcompulsory

Police Crash Data
 Investigating officer records in log bookat the site Transfer to crash record form
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Crash Data Report8

Crash Data Report Accident Class: Fatal, Grievous, Non Grievous,
Damage Only
 Rural/Urban
 Day of Week
 Working day / Holiday
 Road location
 Collision type: with other vehicle/ With pedestrian/ With fix
object/Others Road Surface Condition: Dry, Wet, Flooded with water,
Slippery surface, Others

9Crash Data Report Weather: Clear, cloudy, rain, fog/mist, others Light condition: daylight, night-no street light,

dusk, night-improper lighting, night-good streetlighting
 Type of location: Stretch, 4-leg, T-junction, Yjunction, roundabout, multiple road junction,
entrance by-road, railroad crossing, others
 Traffic control- Police, traffic light, stop
sign/marking, Give way sign, Controlled bypolice warden, no-control
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Crash Data Report Posted speed limit
 Action taken by police: prosecution initiated, no-prosecution, parties settled, offender unknown Causalities

11Crash Data Report12Crash Data Report Element type
 Vehicle ownership Gender Validity of driving license Human crash contributing factors
 Pedestrian crash contributing factors
 Road crash contributing factors
 Vehicle crash contributing factors
 Other crash contributing factors for increased severity
 Other factors

13Crash Data Report Alcohol test At fault
 Causality details of all Severity: Fatal, Grievous, non-grievous
 Road user type Gender Protection: safety belt, helmet Hospitalized

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Crash Data Report15

Number of MC Crashes

Motorcycle Crashes by Year
10,000.00
9,000.00
8,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
Fatal Crashes
Non-grievous injury crashes

Grievous injury crashes

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Crash Rates per 1,000
Registered MC
MC Crashes per 1,000 registered MC

6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
Fatal Crashes

Grievous injury crashes

Non-grievous injury crashes17Thank you18