The most common contributory factor allocated to motorcyclists in fatal or serious accidents (FSA) with another vehicle was ‘driver or rider failed to look properly’ Main findingsįatalities decreased from 585 to 285 (51%)Īn average of 6 motorcyclists died and 115 were seriously injured (adjusted) per week in reported road casualtiesĪ majority of motorcycle fatalities (58%) do not occur at or within 20m of a junction compared to 39% of all seriously injured (adjusted) casualtiesĪlmost half (40%) of motorcycle fatalities in 2 vehicle accidents involved a carĦ6% of motorcycle fatalities occurred on rural roads compared toĩ2% of motorcycle killed or seriously injured ( KSI) casualties were male This should be borne in mind when analysing and interpreting the data.
It should be noted that it has been long known that a considerable percentage of non-fatal casualties are not reported to the police.
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