Austroads Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice - Part 15 - Motorcycle Safety, is the first outcome in a systematic appraisal of motorcycle requirements. It offers a useful basis for informed discussion between traffic professionals and motorcycle users on a number of aspects of road design.
This guide provides information on the safety needs of motorcyclists in relation to the road infrastructure, for use by traffic engineering practitioners when designing, constructing and maintaining roads, in order to enhance the safety of motorcyclists. These needs may be different from those of other road user groups. This guide includes an overview of motorcycle accidents, describes the principles of a safe road environment and the safe design of roads, describes motorcycle characteristics, discusses the safety needs of motorcyclists and provides guidelines for good practice. The good practice guidelines cover the road surface, road layout and alignment, delineation, signing, lighting, roadside furniture, roadwork and maintenance.
A copy of the guide "Austroads Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice - Part 15 - Motorcycle Safety" is available from the VicRoads Bookshop, or Austroads.