Accident statistics Sample of a report

[RemaL]

National accident motorcyle statistics.

Report is based on a sample of 1790 accident reports and full analysis of them.


Table 8: Accident types as given on the motorcycle accident database
Accident type Frequency %

L/hand bend lose control 127 7.1
R/hand bend lose control 97 5.4
Rear-end shunt 204 11.4
ROWV (right of way) 681 38.0
Overtaking accidents 260 14.5
Pedestrian related accidents 47 2.6




Table 7: Primary blame for accidents on the motorcycle accident database after
the removal of single vehicle accidents

Primary blame No. of accidents %
Rider 269 21.9
Driver 699 56.9
Pedestrian 4 0.3
Unclear/combined 144 11.72


This reflects what was of interest to me when glancing through the report.

To veiw the FULL report got to -

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr...


I posted this on here as I have also done on a thread where some of the tts who have posted seem to think most bikers like to ride fast, kill others and should not be on the roads

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RemaL said:

I posted this on here as I have also done on a thread where some of the tts who have posted seem to think most bikers like to ride fast, kill others and should not be on the roads

Posted the link to the report on here and on the bikers too fast thread last Thursday, do keep up

[RemaL]

ahhh . well still intresting to read