Objectives:

• To measure changes in attitudes towards motorcyclist road safety, including where the responsibility for reducing road accidents with motorcyclists lies.

• To gauge driver awareness of motorcyclists while driving and to understand how motorcycles and their riders are seen from the drivers perspective.

• To determine what is perceived as the most common causes of motorcycle accidents and the precautions taken to avoid accidents with motorcyclists

Methodology:

2,075 interviews were conducted with those aged 15+ in Great Britain. Interviews were conducted in-home using CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing).

Key Findings:

• Two thirds of all respondents (66%) recalled seeing or hearing advertising about road safety in relation to motorcyclists recently, a significant increase from half at the pre-stage (46%).

• Two thirds had seen advertising about motorcyclist road safety in at least one of the sources used in the ‘Named Rider’ campaign (69%). Six in ten had seen a TV advert (62%), one in ten a radio advert (8%), poster hoarding (8%).

• Two thirds recognised any of the campaign ads (66%). Over half recognised the TV ad (56%), and two in ten had heard a radio ad (21%).

• Four in ten (37%) spontaneously reported the main message of the ‘Named Rider’ TV ad to be, ‘look out for motorcyclists’, with 16% saying the message is to think about the person on the bike. One in ten picked up on the message that motorcyclists are human/ people (11%).

• Nearly six in ten drivers (58%) agreed that when they see a motorcycle, they think about the person riding it, a significant increase from the pre-stage (51%).

• Over six in ten respondents indicated that they felt car drivers and motorcyclists are equally responsible for reducing motorcycle accidents (64%), stable from the pre-stage.

Keywords:

Campaign, motorcyclists, awareness, attitudes.

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