DCC David GriffinACPO Lead for Motorcycle Safety

BikeSafe: is it bridging the gap?

BikeSafe

Making a Difference?

DCC David Griffin

ACPO Motorcycle Safety Lead

Police led motorcycle intervention

Structured safety briefing & personalised rider assessment

Aims to encourage riders to do post test training

Open to riders with full motorcycle licence

National on-line booking system

4000 participants a year

Cleveland

ClevelandNorthern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Thames Valley

Northumbria

Hertfordshire

CambridgeNorthamptonshire

West Midlands

Warwickshire

SouthWales

Nottinghamshire

LincolnshireDerbyshire

SouthYorkshire

WestYorkshire

Dyfed Powys

Scotland

Humberside

Staffordshire

West Mercia

Essex

North Wales

Cumbria

City

Suffolk

GMP

Hampshire

Durham

Gwent

Bedfordshire

Merseyside

Kent

Norfolk

North Yorkshire

Wiltshire

Gloucester

Leicestershire

Cheshire

Lancashire

Surrey

BikeSafe Forces

Bridging the Gap?

Contribution to casualty reduction – chasing rainbows?

Better training – Better riding – Fewer casualties

How successful are we at linking riders to post test training?

ResearchTo find out:-

How many attendees do post test training?

Who attends BikeSafe?

How does this relate to academic research?

Are we targeting riders at risk of injury?

Is their risk reduced after doing BikeSafe?

Post test training

21% of respondents have undertaken post test training within a year of attending a BikeSafe session

But

The majority of respondents intend to do training in the future

We’re pushing at an open door

Barriers to training

“Too busy, lack of time” (71%)

“Lack of money” (34%)

“Cost of the course” (30%)

But riders have strong intentions to do training in the future

Who attends BikeSafe?

Attendees tend to be:-

Male Middle aged Own sport / touring bikes Are comfortably well off Professional workers

As mapped against Mast and Mosaic databases

Hitting this group UnderachievingOverachieving

Is their collision risk reduced? This is a difficult question to answer

We don’t have enough data yet

But

BikeSafe isn’t training, it is assessment and a gateway to

training

Piloting 2 day workshops with direct input from training

providers

Reaching higher risk groups – Track based workshops

What next?

New evaluation framework is being put in place

There will be a series of surveys over two years

We will be able to profile riders in terms of beliefs, behaviours and attitude.

We can now set baselines to improve against