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Accepted 10 February 2012
Keywords:
Motorcycle
Fatality
Malaysia
a b s t r a c t
Malaysia has the highest road fatality risk (per 100,000 population) among the ASEAN countries and more
than 50% of the road accident fatalities involve motorcyclists. This study has collected and analysed data
from the police, government authorities, and national and international research institutes. Only fatality
data are used due to the severe underreporting of severe injuries (up to 600%) and slight injuries (up to
1400%). The analysis reveals that the highest numbers of motorcycle fatalities occur in rural locations
(61%), on primary roads (62%) and on straight road sections (66%). The majority are riders (89%), 16 to
20 years old (22.5%), and 90% of the motorcycles are privately owned. Of those involved in fatal accidents,
75% of the motorcyclists wear helmets, and 35% do not have proper licences. The highest number of fatalities
by type of collision is angular or side (27.5%). Although fatal motorcyclist crashes mostly involve passenger
cars (28%), motorcyclists are responsible for 50% of the collisions either by crashing singly (25%) or with
other motorcyclists (25%). While male motorcyclists predominate (94% of fatalities), female motorcyclists
aged 31 to 70, possessing no licence, not wearing helmets and travelling during the day, account for a higher
percentage than male motorcyclists. Malaysia must acquire more motorcycle exposure data and establish an
injury recording system and database based on hospital-records. To reduce motorcycle fatalities, it rst has to
understand why young male motorcyclists are prone to fatal crashes in the evenings and on weekends on
rural primary roads, especially on straight road sections.
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1. Introduction
Road injuries and fatalities are a growing concern in Malaysia,
with more than 6000 killed and over 25,000-recorded injuries
yearly for the past 5 years [1]. Road fatalities have shown a steady
increase of 4% per year in the last 7 years, rising to 6745 in 2009
[1]. More alarmingly, Malaysia has had the highest fatality risk,
i.e. death per 100,000 population, in the world since 1996! [2].
Fig. 1 shows that the majority of road accident fatalities involve
motorcyclists, constituting more than 50% of the total number of
fatalities. In 2009 alone, motorcycle fatalities reached 4070, which
is the highest for the last 10 years [1]. Fig. 1 also shows that motorcycle fatalities are 3 times higher than car fatalities, 6 times higher
than pedestrian fatalities and nearly 50 times higher than bus passenger fatalities.
Road accident statistics based on police injury records are probably inadequate and insufcient due largely to underreporting [35].
Comparing Malaysian accident statistics to a highly developed
motorised country like Sweden (see Table 1), it can be concluded
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that there are 9 severe injuries for each fatality in the Swedish statistics, while there are only 1.4 severe injuries per fatality according to
the Malaysian statistics. The rate of slight injuries per fatality in
Sweden is 57 to one, while according to statistics in Malaysia it is 4
to one. Concerning motorcycle injuries and fatalities, the rate of
underreporting of injuries in Malaysia is similar. Due to the unreliable
injury statistics in Malaysia, further analysis of road safety problems
can only be based on fatalities, and including injury data in the
analyses would induce bias in inferences and the marginal impacts
of a variety of factors could be overestimated [6].
As the total of motorcycle billion kilometres travelled in Malaysia
increased from 1999 to 2008, motorcycle fatalities increased as well;
see Fig. 2, which indicates that motorcycle casualties are affected by
the increase in exposure.
Motorization in Asian countries is growing fast and the motorcycle
is the dominating transport mode. The number of motorcycles per
thousand people averaged over several major Asian cities is approximately 196, which is 7 times the average of the rest of the world [11].
For example, the number of registered motorcycles in Taiwan comprises 50% of the total number of registered vehicles; in Thailand it
is 63%, in Cambodia 84%, in Vietnam 95%, in Lao 79% and in Indonesia
73% [1214]. Malaysia, with a population of 27.6 million, is not an
exception [15,16]. According to The Road Transport Department of
Malaysia, the total number of motorcycles in 2009 was 8,940,230
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Bicycle
3%
Others
1%
Pedestrian
9%
2. Aim
Motorcycle
60%
Car
22%
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the causality risk of motorcyclists, including both riders and passengers, in order to nd the
factors contributing to motorcycle crashes and subsequently build
a base for further research on how to improve the situation of
motorcyclists.
3. Method
The motorcycle fatal accident data is analysed in terms of frequency and pattern by type of location, area, road, time, crash type, gender,
age, ownership and type of licence. The data comes from various
sources, such as the Malaysian Royal Police Department, Malaysian
Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Department of Statistics
[15], Highway Planning Unit [16], Road Transport Department (JPJ),
Department of Road Safety (JKJR), Public Works Department (JKR)
and World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The main core of
the fatal motorcycle accident data, however, comes from the Malaysian Royal Police Department.
Table 1
Road accident severity in Sweden and Malaysia in 2008 [7,8].
Fatalities
Severely
injured
Slightly
Injured
Severe:
Fatal
Slight:
Fatal
Sweden
All types of accidents
Motorcycle accidents
(rider and passenger)
397
51
3657
341
22,591
898
9:1
7:1
57:1
17:1
Malaysia
All types of accidents
Motorcycle accidents
(rider and passenger)
6527
3898
8868
5472
25,747
10,326
1.4:1
1.4:1
4:1
2.6:1
4. Analyses
4.1. Malaysian motorcycle fatalities in comparison to ASEAN countries
Malaysia's motorcycle fatalities are not among the worst in the Association of South East Asian Nations, ASEAN. Motorcycles constitute
approximately 58% of the vehicles in ASEAN countries, and over the
last decade the motorcycle has been the major contributor, with
52%, to road trafc fatalities [14]. If we compare motorcycle fatalities
per 10,000-registered motorcycles in each country, Malaysia ranks
seventh as seen in Table 2. The three highest are Cambodia (75.1),
4500
160
3500
3410
3548
3369
3591
126.35
120
118.63
111.47
3000
104.54
2500
80.84
85.2
89.23
92.94
140
100
98.06
80
2000
60
1500
40
1000
Motorcycle Fatalities
500
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Fig. 2. Total motorcycle kilometres travelled and motorcycle fatalities between 1998 and 2009 [810].
3429
3519
3500
Motorcycle Fatalities
3646
3693
4000
4070
3898
137.42
32
Table 2
Road trafc safety data from ASEAN countries [14,25].
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ASEAN
countries
Brunei
Singapore
Lao P.D.R.
Cambodia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
Philippinesa
Indonesia
Total
Population
(2007)
Registered motorcycle
(2007)
390,056
4,436,281
5,859,393
14,443,679
26,571,879
48,798,212
63,883,662
87,375,196
87,960,117
231,626,978
571,345,453
Reported fatalities
(2007)
Total (million)
(%)
Total
(%)
0.01
0.14
0.51
0.13
7.91
0.68
16.14
21.78
2.65
46.22
96.17
4
17
79
84
47
65
63
95
48
73
58
54
214
608
1545
6282
1638
12,492
12,800
1185
16,548
53,366
11
48
80
63
58
10
70
80
37
61
52
Road fatalities
per 100,000
population
Motorcycle fatalities
per 10,000 registered
motorcycles
13.8
4.8
10.4
10.7
23.6 (1)
3.4
19.6 (2)
14.6 (3)
1.3
7.1
4.9
7.1 (3)
9.6 (2)
75.1 (1)
4.6
2.4
5.4
4.7
1.7
2.2
Table 3
Motorcycle fatality rates by region in Malaysia in year 2009 [1,15,16].
Region of
Malaysiaa
Population
Population density
(per km2)
Registered
motorcycles
Motorcycle
fatality
Motorcycle fatality/100,000
population
Motorcycle Fatality/10,000
motorcycles
West Coast
East Coast
Southern
Northern
East Peninsular
Federal Territories
Total
4,044,205
3,919,135
3,233,434
3,637,266
5,540,049
1,780,408
27,565,821b
730
215
168
1926
62
9020
83
2,452,630
1,047,225
1,701,272
1,777,419
689,916
1,271,768
8,940,230
1031
707
673
672
174
95
3352c
25.5
18.0
20.8
18.5
3.1
5.3
4.2
6.8
4.0
3.8
2.5
0.7
a
b
c
Malaysia consists of 14 states 3 in the North, 3 in the West and East coast, 3 Federal territories and 2 in the East Peninsular.
Including 5,411,324 population count based on DOSM 2010.
Excluding 718 unknown cases.
City
8%
Residential
20%
Town
12%
Rural
61%
Small
town
19%
Other
(Motorways
& Primary
Roads)
62%
Office
5%
Shopping
3%
Industrial/Con
struction
4%
School
3%
Bridge/Foot
Bridge
3%
Table 4
Motorcycle fatality by road type in Malaysia in 2009 [1,8,26].
Road hierarchy
Expressway
Primary/arterial
Secondary/collector
Local street
Minor roads
Total
Road length
ADT
(million)
MC
fatalities
km
Veh
MC N
1635
16,939
54,681
43,363
8038
124,656
1.3
13.6
43.9
34.8
6.4
100
20.6
12.8
6.3
*
*
*
2.6
1.6
*
*
3.0
49.7
16.5
18.6
12.3
100
121
2021
672
755
501
4070
MC fatal/ MC fatal/
100 km
100,000
MC
7.4
11.9
1.2
1.7
6.2
3.3
33
*
76.7
42.0
*
*
70.0%
66.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
14.3%
13.5%
10.0%
5.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
staggered interchanges roundabout cross junction t - junction
junction
bend/curve
straight
Fig. 4. Percentage motorcycle fatality on various parts of the road network in 2009 [1].
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
9.0%
8.6%
8.6%
7.9%
7.9%
8.7%
9.1%
8.0%
7.9%
8.4%
7.8%
8.2%
Fig. 5. Cumulative percentages of motorcycle fatalities by month from 2000 to 2009 [1].
18.0%
16.0%
15.3%
14.3%
14.0%
14.7%
13.4%
13.3%
13.2%
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
15.8%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Monday
Tuesday
Saturday
Fig. 6. Cumulative percentages of motorcycle fatalities by day from 2000 to 2009 [1].
Sunday
34
14.0%
12.4% 12.7%
12.0%
10.2%
10.0%
8.8%
8.3%
8.2%
7.7%
8.0%
8.5%
8.3%
6.7%
6.0%
4.5%
4.0%
3.9%
2.0%
0.0%
Fig. 7. Cumulative percentages of motorcycle fatality by time of the day from 2000 to 2009 [1].
per month, 60 fatalities per week and 8 fatalities per day over the last
10 years in Malaysia.
Motorcycle fatalities occur more often during clear weather
(93.0%) and during the day (55.6%), see Table 5 [1]. The percentage of fatalities occurring during the day in clear weather is
52.5%. Fatalities at night also occur mostly in clear weather conditions (34%).
Table 5
Motorcycle fatalities by weather and light conditions [1].
Weather
Clear
Windy
Foggy
Rain
Other
Total
%
a
Light conditions
Day
Dawn/
dusk
Night with
street light
Night without
street light
1760
1
4
90
8
1863
55.6
289
1
15
14
6
325
9.7
593
1
0
37
2
633
18.9
477
1
10
41
2
531
15.8
Total
3119
4
29
182
18
3352a
100
93.0
0.1
0.9
5.4
0.5
100.0
30.0%
27.5%
25.0%
21.4%
19.9%
20.0%
14.8%
15.0%
8.9%
10.0%
5.0%
0.4%
0.4%
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
1.3%
1.9%
0.0%
Fig. 8. Cumulative percentages of motorcycle fatality by type of collision from 2000 to 2009 [1].
Bus
2%
Trishaw /
Bicycle
1%
Van / SUV
5%
Trucks /
Lorries
14%
35
Passenger Car
28%
Single m/c
accident
25%
Motorcycle
with
motorcycle
25%
In ninety percent (90%) of the fatality cases, the motorcycle is privately owned as seen in Fig. 13 [1]. Thirty ve percent (35%) of these
do not have a valid licence [1]. Although the majority of the fatalities
are full licence holders, the share of motorcycle fatalities with more
licence years (>5 years) is larger than the share of those with fewer
licence years [1]. Moreover, Fig. 14 shows that the fatality percentage
for female motorcyclists with no licence and less than 5 licence
years is higher than for males [1].
Table 6
Motorcycle fatality by motorcycle occupancy and gender [1].
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Average
Rider
Passenger
Total
Total
3181
3243
3197
3459
3640
3344
88.6
87.8
87.7
88.7
89.4
88.5
410
450
449
439
430
436
11.4
12.2
12.3
11.3
10.6
11.5
R:
P
Males
Total
Females
Total
1:8
1:7
1:7
1:8
1:8
1:8
3223
3360
3426
3587
3820
3483
89.8
91.0
94.0
92.0
93.9
92.1
368
333
220
311
250
296
10.2
9.0
6.0
8.0
6.1
7.9
M:F
Total
1:9
1:10
1:14
1:11
1:15
1:11
3591
3693
3646
3898
4070
800
25
700
21
600
500
15
12
13
400
300
12
10
10
200
4
1
1-5
5
4
100
0
20
2
0
6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 >75
Male
Female
Male : Female
Fig. 10. Motorcycle fatality by age, gender and gender ratio [1].
1-5
6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75
2.9%
1.1%
3.8%
2.4%
3.7%
3.8%
6.5%
4.0%
5.1%
4.3%
4.2%
5.4%
8.4%
4.4%
5.5%
5.1%
0.3%
1.4%
4.8%
7.0%
0.5%
5.0%
4.7%
3.8%
10.0%
6.0%
8.4%
11.1%
15.0%
6.4%
7.0%
20.0%
9.4%
18.2%
25.0%
17.3%
23.1%
36
0.0%
% Male
>75
% Female
3.5%
6.0%
0.8%
4.0%
2.0%
9.3%
8.9%
8.1%
12.9%
10.8%
12.4%
12.1%
8.9%
7.3%
7.5%
8.0%
2.5%
0.8%
10.0%
4.9%
7.7%
9.2%
8.4%
12.0%
8.1%
9.2%
14.0%
10.5%
11.9%
16.0%
10.9%
13.5%
Fig. 11. Motorcycle fatality by age, gender and gender percentage [1].
0.0%
(%) Male
(%) Female
Fig. 12. Percentage of motorcycle fatality by hours of the day and by gender [1].
'L'
Licence
2%
Government
Services
3%
1%
Goods
6%
Full
Licence
<5
years
29%
Personal
90%
No
Licence
35%
Full
Licence
>5
years
34%
45.0%
37
40.1%
40.0%
35.0%
34.6%
34.5%
33.3%
28.8%
30.0%
24.1%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
2.1% 2.5%
5.0%
0.0%
No Licence
'L' Licence
(%) Female
whereas paved road shoulders account for about 20% of the whole
primary road network [28].
It is not clear if non-exclusive motorcycle lanes can mitigate
motorcycle crashes on primary roads (federal roads). This kind of
motorcycle lane is an extra lane, which is built on the road shoulder
itself, with additional markings and warning signs. Nonetheless,
motorcycle fatalities on roads equipped with these non-exclusive
motorcycle lanes increased from 518 in 2006 to 589 in 2007 [8].
Motorcycle crashes have also occurred on motorways and primary
roads that are equipped with exclusive motorcycle paths. From 2006
to 2008, crashes involving motorcycles steadily increased along a primary road, designated as F2, which has an exclusive motorcycle path
alongside [8]. Furthermore, there were also cases where at least 5
collisions per year occurred on the exclusive motorcycle path itself
from 2006 to 2008 [8].
Wearing helmet
but not strapped
4%
Not wearing
helmet
20%
Wearing Helmet
76%
76.0%
80.0%
72.9%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
24.0%
20.0%
20.0%
10.0%
4.0%
3.2%
0.0%
Wearing helmet but not
strapped
Wearing helmet
% Female
Fig. 16. Percentage of motorcycle fatality by helmet worn and gender [1].
38
Multiple
20%
Legs
3%
Hips
1%
Chest
9%
Head
63%
Neck
4%
people injured in trafc and admitted to hospital are not representative with regard to the mode of transport and the age of the victims
[4].
Our analysis reveals that Malaysia's motorcycle fatalities per
10,000 registered motorcycles are still among the lowest in ASEAN
countries, i.e. seventh out of ten. However, Malaysia still holds the
record for having the highest road fatalities per 100,000 population.
The highest motorcycle fatalities are found in the West Coast Area
of Malaysia, which has the highest number of registered motorcycles
and population. Motorcycle fatalities are highest in rural locations
(61%), mostly on the roads (62%), especially primary or arterial
roads (62%), and the majority on straight road sections (66%). Motorcycle fatalities are higher from Saturday to Tuesday (60%) and
between 4 pm and 10 pm (35%). Most of the fatalities occur during
the day and in clear weather conditions. The highest number of
fatalities by type of collision is angular or side (27.5%). Although
fatal motorcyclist collisions are often with passenger cars (28%), motorcyclists contribute 50% of the collisions either in single accidents
(25%) or colliding with other motorcyclists (25%). The highest motorcycle fatalities are recorded for riders (89%) 16 to 20 years old
(22.5%), and 90% of these motorcycles are privately owned. Of those
involved in fatal accidents, 75% of the motorcyclists wear helmets,
and 35% of them do not possess a proper licence. Male motorcyclists
are dominant (94%), but the numbers of female fatalities in the age
groups 31 to 40, 46 to 50 and 56 to 70 are larger compared to male
motorcyclists. Moreover, females are more involved in fatal accidents
during the day. Females possess no licence, or have a licence for less
than 5 years, and do not wear helmets to a slightly larger extent
than males.
A study by Radin Umar [31] also shows that primary roads or arterial roads in Malaysia have the highest number of motorcycle fatalities. Of the roads in Malaysia, 60% are primary roads, which are
partially access controlled, mostly non-segregated or single carriageway, with intrinsically dangerous features such as trees, open culverts, access to rural houses and narrow road barriers [12,26,32,33].
That motorcycle fatalities are more frequent in rural areas may be
due to greater speeds made possible by lower trafc volumes and less
trafc control [21,34]. In rural areas, absence of rescue and the late
arrival of rescue at the scene of accidents may also contribute to fatality [21,35]. Moreover, helmet compliance is low in rural areas [36,37]
due to lack of enforcement and road safety awareness [38]. Besides,
a high motorcycle volume is typical in rural areas in Malaysia, comprising 25% to 55% of total trafc [12]. On the other hand, studies
have conrmed that fatal motorcycle crashes are likely to occur on
straight road sections [18,28] that encourage speeding [39].
Other studies have shown that males aged between 16 and 25
are among the most commonly involved in motorcycle fatalities
[18,34,35,40,41]. Most of them have no licences [1,18] or have less
than 3 years of experience [28]. Hence, young motorcyclists are
One of the conclusions is that accident recording must be improved in Malaysia by establishing an injury recording system and
database based on hospital records to complement police records.
Moreover, comprehensive trafc volume counts must be conducted
on all road types in Malaysia in order to further analyse road user exposure and compare fatality risks on each road type. Malaysia still
lacks an understanding of the socio-economic scenario and behaviour
of motorcyclists with respect to road safety. Thus, to reduce motorcycle fatalities, we have to understand why young male motorcyclists
travelling on rural primary roads, especially on straight road sections
in the evenings and weekends, are prone to fatal accidents.
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