Research reports

Crash barriers can be life savers for motorists, but can be killers of motorcyclists. This report highlights the need for better design and investment in mass action programmes to prevent avoidable injuries to motorcyclists.

Motorists who cycle hold the key to less congestion, better health and less pollution. This report identifies the enormous potential for many more motorists to take up cycling either for leisure or to replace some car journeys.

A compendium of motorcycling facts and figures from 2009

This 2010 project used a world leading motorcycle simulator to analyse rider behaviour and proved that safer doesn’t necessarily mean slower and that formal advanced training for bikers does improve their safety on our roads.

A ground-breaking report published in 2007 which highlighted the toll of death and injury on rural roads

Improving the safety image of motorcycling is a key component in promoting its role as a solution to congestion and other transport problems. It is clear that the IAM approach works but we need the support of central and local government, the emergency services and other agencies to promote our message to as many bikers as possible.

Driver or rider error is the main factor in many road traffic accidents in the UK. But why is this and what can we do to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads?

What do drivers really think about speed cameras? The results of our survey may surprise you.

We asked the drivers on our Mature Drivers’ Assessment course about their experiences and why they signed up.

Local councillors have an important role in shaping our roads and improving safety. But what do they really think and what are their priorities for change?

What do drivers think about the issues influencing road safety? And how do these attitudes correspond with their behaviour on the road?

We asked 1,000 drivers for their thoughts on 20mph speed limits and the implications on road safety.

The over-representation of young drivers in road accidents is well known and widely reported. Thirty per cent of car occupant fatalities are drivers aged 17-24, or passengers of a driver aged 17-24. Yet this group only forms eight per cent of all license holders.

The results of this work are striking, not only because of the significance of the value that the IAM achieves for society, but also for the human consequences of the IAM‟s work: improving the safety of drivers through the advanced test, corporate driver training and the use of research to influence policy is saving lives.