Barcelona (Spain) | 13 February 2025
A recent meeting hosted by the Honda Safety Institute and organised by ACEM brought together key stakeholders of the high-quality training initiative in Barcelona to further discussions and finalise real-life tests, strengthening efforts to enhance voluntary motorcycle safety training across Europe.
All 36 schools awarded with the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label, along with leading academic institutions, have joined forces to elevate training standards.
Building upon scientific accident analysis from the Connected Motorcycle Consortium, this initiative introduces an innovative approach that enables training experts and researchers to develop a comprehensive Instructor Handbook for Advanced Voluntary Motorcycle Training.
This project represents a natural evolution of the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label, made possible by the combined expertise of training specialists and academia. Key contributors include the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Würzburg Institute for Traffic Sciences (WIVW), the Institute for Motorcycle Safety (ifz), Traffic Accident Research at TU Dresden (VUFO), and the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV).
Significant progress was achieved during the two-day meeting. With the digital component of the handbook nearing completion, working group members focused on testing and refining optimal coaching configurations to ensure that motorcycle riders acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to prevent the most common accident scenarios.
Once finalised, the Instructor Handbook will be offered free of charge to all training schools interested in enhancing the quality of their post-license courses.
After the first day of the workshop, participants were invited to tour around the centre. The Honda Safety Institute was awarded the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label in 2018, reflecting its long-standing dedication to excellence in rider education.
Note for editors:
The European Motorcycle Training Quality Label is a voluntary certification scheme for post-licence safety training programmes run by the German Road Safety Council, the International Motorcycling Federation and the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers.
The main objective of the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label is to inform motorcyclists across the EU about the best training programmes available in their countries and to increase the number of riders undergoing high-quality voluntary training regularly.
There are currently 36 certified programmes in 11 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, with more motorcycle training centres expected to join in 2024.
In 2019 the European Motorcycle Training Quality Label received the Road Safety Charter Award in the category “Voluntary commitments” from the European Commission.
For more information, please visit:
https://motorcycle-training-label.eu
https://roadsafetystrategy.acem.eu/home/the-european-motorcycle-training-quality-label
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Veneta Vassileva, Safety Manager, ACEM
[email protected]
Honda Safety Institute (HSI), located in Santa Perpètua close to Barcelona’s metropolitan area, was created in 2009 to provide motorcycle safety training courses. The HSI has 20,000 square meters of tracks and facilities, designed exclusively to train motorcycle users and is the largest facility of its type in Europe. More than 20,000 motorcyclists have been trained at the HSI since its opening.
For more information: https://www.hondainstitutoseguridad.com/en/
