type non profit organization industry motorcycle accident research founded 1999 headquarters avenue de la joyeuse entr e 1 1040 brussels area served european union key people nick rogers imma maids management group mmg chairman operating income 2.5 million parent association of european motorcycle manufacturers acem website http www.maids study.eu the maids motorcycle accidents in depth study report is a large scale comprehensive study of powered two wheelers ptw i.e. motorcycles scooters and mopeds accidents carried out across five european countries using both accident and exposure or control cases as was done in the hurt report and following the standards of oecd . 1 starting in september 1999 over 2000 variables were coded in each of 921 accidents and exposure data was collected on an additional 923 cases collected at five locations in france germany netherlands spain and italy . the investigation was carried out under the auspices of the association of european motorcycle manufacturers acem with the support of the european commission 2 3 using ec terminology mopeds are referred to as l1 vehicles and motorcycles and scooters of 50cc or over are called l3 vehicles . 4 the main findings of the report are quoted verbatim 5 there were 103 cases involving a fatality of either the rider or the passenger . l1 vehicles were over represented in the accident sample when compared with the exposure sample . more l1 vehicles were involved in accidents which took place in an urban area than l3 vehicles . 85.9 % v. 62 % . 54.3 % of the ptw accidents took place at an intersection . passenger cars were the most frequent collision partner 60 % . 72 % of the accidents took place in urban areas . a ptw was more likely to collide with a passenger car in an urban area than in a rural area . 64.1 % v. 46.7 % . due to the absence of comparable exposure data it was not possible to determine if any month day of the week or time of the day was a risk factor . notes edit carpenter susan 2007 07 11 a fresh look at bike safety with more riders on the road experts plan a new study on the causes of motorcycle accidents . los angeles times ; throttle jockey the hurt and maids reports both used methods pioneered by the hurt study . the new study will use that same methodology now known as oecd . in it independent investigators are dispatched to motorcycle accidents in real time so they can collect on scene in depth data . about 2 000 variables are coded for each crash including a full reconstruction of the accident plus vehicle inspections witness interviews and medical records for the injured riders and passengers . that information is then analyzed to identify what human environmental and vehicle factors contributed to the accident and compared with two riders of similar age experience and motorcycle type who were not involved in an accident but who traveled the same stretch of road at the same time of day . carpenter susan 2009 03 01 u.s. motorcycle crash study stalls maids 2.0 may have to suffice los angeles times blogs ; up to speed the latest autos news tips and trends . archived from the original on may 4 2009 filling the void is maids 2.0 . an update of the motorcycle accident in depth study conducted in five european countries a decade ago maids 2.0 is a drilling down of the data for the 921 crashes included in that report specifically the 100 crashes that resulted in death 25 of which occurred on bikes under 50 cc and 75 of which happened on motorcycles 50 cc and larger . executive summary maids in depth investigation of motorcycle accidents the association of european motorcycle manufacturers acem 2009 glossary maids in depth investigation of motorcycle accidents the association of european motorcycle manufacturers acem 2009 main findings of the maids report on accident characteristics maids in depth investigation of motorcycle accidents the association of european motorcycle manufacturers acem 2009 external links edit maids homepage maids in depth investigation of motorcycle accidents acem the association of european motorcycle manufacturers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maids report & oldid 739024618 categories motorcycle safety navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 10 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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