title: Use of Cognitive Work Analysis for exploration of safety management in the operation of motorcycles and scooters.
abstract: The risk of accident, injury and death is disproportionately higher for motorcycle riders than for motorists. In this paper, we investigate strategies of safety management associated with operation of powered two-wheel vehicles (motorcycles and scooters). Accident prevention is most often driven by an epidemiological approach that investigates the risk factors associated with accidents. By focusing on risk factors, these types of studies fail to examine the strengths of the system in any depth. In this paper we employ an ethnographic approach structured by reference to the framework of Cognitive Work Analysis, to identify how riders of powered two-wheel vehicles manage their own safety and the safety of others. We anticipate that this research will open up a rich, relatively untapped, area for exploration of safety interventions.
authors: Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales Australia, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Electronic address: m.regan@unsw.edu.au.
authors: Michael A
authors: MA
authors: Regan
authors: Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales Australia, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Electronic address: glintern@cognitivesystemsdesign.net.
authors: Gavan
authors: G
authors: Lintern
authors: Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales Australia, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Electronic address: Robin.Hutchinson@muarc.monash.edu.au.
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Hutchinson
authors: Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales Australia, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Electronic address: c.turetschek@aon.at.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Turetschek
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cognitive Work Analysis; Motorcycle; Powered two-wheeler; Road safety; Scooter