Real cases motorcycle and rider race data investigation:​ fall behavior analysis

Cossalter, Vittore; Aguggiaro, Andrea; Debus, Dirk; Bellati, Alessandro; Ambrogi, Andrea

Affiliations

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Padova, Italy

²2D-datarecording GmbH, Germany

³Dainese S.p.A., Italy

Abstract

The need for more safety is beginning to be perceived also in the motorcycle race context, and the demand for more protective motorcycle garments is becoming more challenging. In this scenario DAINESE is working together with some racing teams for investigating new solutions to improve rider safety.

In this paper, dynamical measurements of several motorcycle crashes, recorded both on the rider and the motorcycle, will be presented and analyzed. General tendencies among the different cases and repeatability have been investigated.

The available data was collected during the 2006 MotoGp Championship, which proven to be a perfect scenario for acquiring limit-conditiondriving data, and a challenging environment for testing innovative safety devices.

Although focused on the race competitions, this study should also be useful in the future for developing more general purpose rider protection systems.

Links

URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv20/07-0342-O.pdf

Cited Works (1)

Year	Entry
2005	Cossalter V, Bellati A, Cafaggi V. Exploratory study of the dynamic behaviour of motorcycle-rider during incipient fall events. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.

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Year	Entry
2009	Gail J, Funke J, Seiniger P, Westerkamp U. Anti lock braking and vehicle stability control for motorcycles: why or why not? In: Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 15-18, 2009; Stuttgart, Germany.