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MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

DJ Jeffries, TSS – Fort Worth


Sometimes…Its just in the Blood


THERE ARE LIES, DAMN LIES…

AND STATISTICS…

MARk TwAIN


MoToRCyCLE HELMET USE, TExAS

1992 - 2012


MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATIONS

Texas, 2000-2010


MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES Texas, 2000-2010


ALL MoToRCyCLE CRASHES, TExAS

2012

2012 ALL CRASHES - Motorcycle

Totals % of Total Age Range

Rider Passenger

Helmet No Helmet Unk Helmet No Helmet Unk Up To 14 13 27 8 19 31 41 139 1.4%

15-19 211 117 72 36 30 18 484 4.7% 20-29 1455 782 476 78 95 36 2922 28.6% 30-39 833 660 298 33 72 20 1916 18.7% 40-49 759 750 316 61 86 33 2005 19.6% 50-59 749 696 266 76 73 16 1876 18.4% 60-69 373 225 101 24 7 5 735 7.2% 70+ 74 33 13 13 3 10 146 1.4%

TOTALS 4467 3290 1550 340 397 179 10223 100.0% % 43.7% 32.2% 15.2% 3.3% 3.9% 1.8% 100.0%


MoToRCyCLE FATALITIES, TExAS

2012

2012 # Fatalities - Motorcycle Totals % of Total

Age Range Rider Passenger

Helmet No Helmet Unk Helmet No Helmet Unk

Up To 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.22%

15-19 5 5 0 1 1 1 13 2.91%

20-29 61 34 8 2 3 0 108 24.16%

30-39 24 48 6 0 3 0 81 18.12%

40-49 24 59 6 4 2 0 95 21.25%

50-59 30 45 8 3 4 2 92 20.58%

60-69 18 23 7 0 0 0 48 10.74%

70+ 5 3 1 0 0 0 9 2.01%

TOTALS 167 218 36 10 13 3 447

100.00% % 37.4% 48.8% 8.1% 2.2% 2.9% 0.7% 100.00%


TARGET AUDIENCE? Who is the problem? Well…


SURPRISE, SURPRISE… 20-29 Year old White Males

20-29 Years Old 40-49 Years old

White / Male

Speed

Alcohol Use

Cars Turning Left


MoToRCyCLE SAFETy PRoGRAM


RIDER TRAINING

MEDIA EvENTS

AwARENESS


RIDER EDUCATION

Texas DPS motorcycle safety unit

• Train 42,000 riders/year • 200 Locations / 80 Cities

• 500 Instructors

• Need More Instructors


MEDIA EVENTS Motorcycle Safety Awareness

Month


AND SoME NEw STUFF Too…

CoMING SooN!

BRoCHURES AND PI&E MATERIAL

EvENTS

ASSESSMENT

HELMET GRANT?!


BEN SPIES #11

Ignite Pramac Team, Moto GP

New Partner


BRoCHURE SERIES FEATURING BEN SPIES, #11 PRAMAC IGNITE TEAM- DUCATI

PERSoNAL PRoTECTIvE GEAR

SELECTING A HELMET

CHECkING THE FIT oF yoUR

HELMET

SPEEDING

DRINkING AND RIDING

MoToRIST AwARENESS


CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS

Racing Facility, Austin


CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS

• Moto GP Motorcycle Race • Formula 1 Race

• V8 Super Cars

• “X” Games

• American LeMans

• Grand Am of the Americas

• Various Concerts


MOTORCYCLE ASSESSMENT

NHTSA – 2nd Quarter, 2014

Program management Evaluation and research

Personal protective gear

Motorcycle operator licensing

Rider education and training

Alcohol and other drugs Motorcycle conspicuity

Motorist awareness programs

Public information and education


A COUPLE OF THINGS… That would help…

PRoMoTE HELMET

USAGE PRoMoTE THE RIDER

CoURSE MENTIoN

MoToRCyCLES DURING ALCoHoL CAMPAIGNS


A COUPLE OF THINGS… That would help…

GET To kNow yoUR LoCAL MC GRoUPS PRoMoTE ACCURATE

CRASH REPoRTING UNkNowN HELMET

USAGE


DJ JEFFRIES – AUSTIN HQ

512-416-3217 [email protected]

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