These pages are designed to keep you up to date with the latest and most important news in motorcycle safety locally and throughout the UK.  Our own newsletters provide an update of what the Devon Road Safety Team and its partners are currently doing and the On-Line Forum gives you the opportunity to voice your own opinions and ideas.

You can find links to both the Newsletters and the Forum below.  Alternatively you can contact us directly using our biker mailbox bikers@devon.gov.uk

You can also get the latest from:

• The Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA)
• The Motorcycle Industry in Europe (ACEM)
• Motorcycle Action Group
• British Motorcycle Federation
• Motorcycle News
• Handle It Or Lose It
• Devon and Cornwall Safety Camera Partnership
• Motoring - a Direct-gov initiative
• THINK! Road Safety
• Department for Transport Road Safety pages
• The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)

Recent publications and documents:

Report or publication	Brief description or content
Bringing Bikers Out Of The BlindSpot (1.23MB - pdf help) - the Devon County Council approach	PowerPoint presentation outlining the research, development and implementation of the BlindSpot programme by DCC Road Safety.
Advisory Group on Motorcycling: Final Report to Government (265KB - pdf help) 80 pages	Safety Vehicle Safety and Security Task Force Integration & Traffic Management Task Force Environmental & Fiscal Task Force Statistics Task Force Research Task Force Recommendations
MAIDS (1.27MB - pdf help):  In depth investigations of accidents involving powered two wheelers 173 pages	Executive Summary Objectives and Methodology General accident characteristics Accident causation Vehicles Environmental Factors Human Factors Powered two wheelers in a mixed traffic environment Rider protection Rationale for action
Government's Motorcycling Strategy (337KB - pdf help) 56 pages	Introduction Motorcycling - the story so far The environment Infrastructure and traffic management The motorcycle and rider equipment The human factor Crime Taxation Schedule of actions
The IHIE Guidelines for Motorcycling Available for purchase through the IHIE at £45	Practical advice for local authority road safety engineer and consultants. Includes: Integrating motorcycles into transport policies and strategies Travel plans Parking Provision Highway design Highway maintenance Traffic calming Road Safety Audit Road safety campaigns
Developmental Training for qualified motorcyclists DSA Consultation Document	This Consultation Paper seeks your views on proposals to introduce a voluntary scheme to regulate developmental training for qualified motorcyclists. The scheme consists of two parts – setting standards for training packages offered to holders of full motorcycle licences and the quality assurance of instructors delivering that training.

• Your Forum
• Biker Newsletters