Motorcycle Accident Facts and Figures
Motorcycle Accident Facts and Figures
Find out more about motorcycle safety to reduce your risk of being in an accident, the following facts and figures show just how important this is.
Facts and Figures
The Department of Transport analysed a sample of 1,790 accidents and identified main causes surrounding the problems associated with motorcycle accidents. These include problems such as other road users ‘not seeing’ the rider because of a car windscreen pillar, and riders having problems overtaking and going round bends.
For every 666,894 kilometres ridden a motorcyclist is killed or seriously injured, with riders 28 times more likely to be killed than car drivers.
Right of Way Violations (RWV) accounted for 38 percent of accidents with the majority found to be the fault of a motorist other than a motorcyclist.
Loss of control of a bike on a bend, corner or curve was the cause for 15 percent of accidents with inexperienced riders three times more likely to have this type of accident.
The leading cause of death in motorcycle crashes is due to head injuries and in 1998 46 percent of fatal accidents occurred when the riders were not wearing helmets.
Experts say crash helmets reduce the chance of a fatality following an accident by 29 percent.
Best Motorbike Safety Helmets
As the figures show, riding a motorcycle is dangerous as not only do you have to concentrate on your own driving but just as much also on other road users.
While motorcyclists are urged to wear the necessary safety gear such as leathers, boots, gloves and shoulder, elbow and knee pads, a crash helmet could save your life.
ThermaHelm motorcycle helmets use the latest technology which cools the rider’s head on impact in an accident, unlike regular helmets which would keep the head hot due to the confined space.
Keeping the head cool has been proven to reduce the likelihood of brain damage as it reduces brain swell.
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