title: Overview of critical risk factors in Power-Two-Wheeler safety.
abstract: Power-Two-Wheelers (PTWs) constitute a vulnerable class of road users with increased frequency and severity of accidents. The present paper focuses of the PTW accident risk factors and reviews existing literature with regard to the PTW drivers' interactions with the automobile drivers, as well as interactions with infrastructure elements and weather conditions. Several critical risk factors are revealed with different levels of influence to PTW accident likelihood and severity. A broad classification based on the magnitude and the need for further research for each risk factor is proposed. The paper concludes by discussing the importance of dealing with accident configurations, the data quality and availability, methods implemented to model risk and exposure and risk identification which are critical for a thorough understanding of the determinants of PTW safety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. elenivl@central.ntua.gr
authors.forename: Eleni I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Vlahogianni
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yannis
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Golias
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control; D001334:Automobile Driving; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D009049:Motorcycles; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D014887:Weather