Deliverable 9 The Motorcycling Community in Europe Please refer to this report as follows: Delhaye, A., Marot, L. (2015), The Motorcycling Community in Europe, Deliverable 9 of the EC/MOVE/C4 project RIDERSCAN. GRANT AGREEMENT NUMBER MOVE/C4/SUB/2010-125/SI2.603201/RIDERSCAN Project Coordinator: Aline Delhaye, Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), Rue des champs, n°62, 1040, Etterbeek (Brussels), Belgium Project Start date: 01/11/2011 Duration 42 months Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), Belgium Report Author(s): Aline Delhaye, Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), Belgium Laura Marot, Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), Belgium Due date of deliverable: 30/04/2015 Submission date: 30/04/2015 Project co-funded by the European Commission Dissemination Level: public 1 Deliverable 9 - The Motorcycling Community in Europe Deliverable Overview Table of Contents Deliverable Overview ................................................................................................................ 2 Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 5 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 6 2. EU Research main conclusions ........................................................................................... 7 3. RIDERSCAN pan-European Motorcycling Survey .......................................................... 18 3.1. Motorcyclists profiles................................................................................................. 19 3.2. Safety attitudes ........................................................................................................... 21 Motorcycling and risk ................................................................................................ 21 Motorcycle safety ....................................................................................................... 23 Technology attitudes .................................................................................................. 25 3.3. Awareness campaigns ................................................................................................ 26 3.4. National particularities ............................................................................................... 28 Motorcycle use in Europe .......................................................................................... 28 Optional vehicles equipments .................................................................................... 31 Protective equipments ................................................................................................ 33 Advanced Training ..................................................................................................... 35 Perception on infrastructure ....................................................................................... 42 3.5. Further analyses: national comparisons ..................................................................... 46 France / Poland comparison ....................................................................................... 46 Greece / the Netherlands comparison ........................................................................ 48 North / South comparison .......................................................................................... 49 4. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 51 Table of Figures Figure 1 Percentages of each profiles per country. Source: SARTRE 4 ........................................................................................ 8 Figure 2 Motorcyclists profiles. Source: SARTRE 4 ................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 3 Hierarchy of European motorcyclists’ motives for using a motorbike. Source: SARTRE 4 ........................................... 12 Figure 4 Inter country differences for saving time motive. Source: SARTRE 4 .......................................................................... 13 Figure 5 Motorcycle and moped fatalities per million inhabitants by age group – EU24, 2010. Source: Promising ................ 16 Figure 6 Breakdown of membership of a national motorcyclist association / motorcycling club (EU dataset) ........................ 19 Figure 7 Membership rate of a national motorcyclist association / motorcycling club per country (answers per country) ..... 20 Figure 8 Breakdown of motorcycle magazine readership (EU dataset) .................................................................................... 20 Figure 9 Readership rate of motorcycle magazines per country (answers per country) ........................................................... 21 Figure 10 Breakdown of answers for the following statement 'Motorcycling will never be made risk-free' (EU dataset) ....... 21 Figure 11 Country breakdown of positive answers for the safety statement 'Riding a motorcycle involves taking a higher risk than driving a car' (answer per country) .................................................................................................................................. 22 2 Deliverable 9 - The Motorcycling Community in Europe Figure 12 Breakdown of answers for the safety statement 'Riding a motorcycle involves taking a higher risk than driving a car' in Europe (EU dataset) ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 13 Which statement best defines motorcycle safety? (EU dataset) .............................................................................. 23 Figure 14 Percentage of respondents choosing the statement “Riding is not more dangerous than other modes of transportation” (national rates) ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure 15 Country breakdown of answers (national rates) ...................................................................................................... 24 Figure 16 Second most chosen answer per country to the question " Which sentence best defines motorcycle safety?" (national rates) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 17 Attitude towards new technologies (EU dataset) ..................................................................................................... 25 Figure 18 Attitude towards new technologies (national rates) ................................................................................................ 26 Figure 19 Breakdown of answers on riders’ perceptions of official road safety campaigns in Europe (EU dataset) ................ 26 Figure 20 Top answers per country % perception of official road safety campaigns (answers per country) ............................ 27 Figure 21 Use of PTW (EU dataset) .......................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 22 Evaluation of PTW usage for leisure/hobby/sport (short rides) per country >< for going to work/school/university (commuting) per country .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 23 Frequency of PTW use (EU dataset) .......................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 24 Riding habits and group riding (EU dataset) ............................................................................................................. 29 Figure 25 Riding and weather conditions (EU dataset) ............................................................................................................ 30 Figure 26 Percentage of riders with optional vehicle equipment (EU sample) ......................................................................... 31 Figure 27 Top 5 vehicle equipment options in the different area of Europe (Area of Europe) .................................................. 32 Figure 28 Percentage of riders wearing PPE (EU dataset) ........................................................................................................ 33 Figure 29 Percentage of riders wearing PPE in Portugal .......................................................................................................... 34 Figure 30 Percentage of riders wearing PPE in Sweden ........................................................................................................... 34 Figure 31 Breakdown of helmet type in Europe (EU dataset) ................................................................................................... 35 Figure 32 Participation in voluntary advanced training (post-licence training) in Europe (EU dataset) ................................... 36 Figure