TY  - CONF
A1  - Dias, J. P.
T1  - Accidents involving motorcycles and pedestrians in Portugal
N2  - Portugal has the highest rate of road fatalities in Europe (2002 and for Eur-15 - CARE database). For this highest rate, the accidents involving pedestrians and motorcycle occupants have a higher contribution than the European average. In the last years, especially accidents involving motorcycles have been investigated and currently two different projects are being carried out, one related with motorcycles accidents and the other with pedestrian accidents. In these projects, countermeasures among others to reduce the fatalities between these two types of road users are being studied. These accidents are investigated with the commercial accident reconstruction software PCCRASH but also new methodologies based on multibody dynamics are in development in order to more accurately study these two types of accidents. In this paper, the methodologies in use for accident reconstruction and new methodologies in development are presented. Speeding his found to be one of the major causes of road fatalities for pedestrians and motorcycle occupants. In the case of motorcycle accidents, these involve mainly young drivers. Aspects as social behavior are also important to understand the causes of some of these accidents. Some examples of accidents occurring in Portugal, involving especially motorcycles and pedestrians are presented and discussed.
KW  - Fußgänger
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Motorrad
KW  - Motorradfahrer
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Software
KW  - Tödlicher Unfall
KW  - Unfall
KW  - Unfallrekonstruktion
KW  - Ursache
KW  - Verminderung
KW  - Accident
KW  - Cause
KW  - Conference
KW  - Decrease
KW  - Fatality
KW  - Motorcycle
KW  - Motorcyclist
KW  - Pedestrian
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Reconstruction (accid)
KW  - Software
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/427
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4275
ER  -