How many accidents in the last year?

[Squeak the Rat]

Just doing a little research on bikers and accident rates: How many accidents have you been involved in in the last 12 months?

Includes any spill, bin, drop, crash, scrape etc while on a public road (incl car parks etc) riding or driving a road going motor vehicle (car, bike, truck etc). Doesn't matter if it was your fault or not.

Open poll, nothing to be ashamed of......

[Cajun]

zip, nada, nothing.

[Motu]

Does that include beach?..?

[jeremysprite]

ugh I'm embarrassed... (not in chronological order)
1 at about 60 around corner, lost tyre or grip, or peg bit in, slid across road

1 at 30 in wet, small slide across road

1 at about 35, same corner as wet slide, couldn't turn sharp enough (n00b!) and hit the curb and fell over lol

1 at 10, again didn't turn enough, stared directly at the patch of gravel I was afraid of, and rode into it. Slipped and fell over.

Last one at 0.4km/h, trying to park bike on steep slope, back tyre slid out on the gravel and fell on top of me.

I should really post this in Jokes and Humour, but whatever.

[The Stranger]

zip, nada, nothing.

You never say that.
That's like talking about speeding tickets. Don't do it!!

[SuperDave]

Fortunately none, but that doesn't mean I havn't come close.

I'm not doing what the stats say I will/should be doing.

[Whynot]

ugh I'm embarrassed... (not in chronological order)
1 at about 60 around corner, lost tyre or grip, or peg bit in, slid across road

1 at 30 in wet, small slide across road

1 at about 35, same corner as wet slide, couldn't turn sharp enough (n00b!) and hit the curb and fell over lol

1 at 10, again didn't turn enough, stared directly at the patch of gravel I was afraid of, and rode into it. Slipped and fell over.

Last one at 0.4km/h, trying to park bike on steep slope, back tyre slid out on the gravel and fell on top of me.

I should really post this in Jokes and Humour, but whatever.

:lol:

look on the bright side .... you can only get better :yes:

[TLDV8]

One (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=34253) ..It seems i simply fall off for no good reason around each 5 year mark,just to keep my hand in.

6 in 29 years.

[Squeak the Rat]

Does that include beach?..?

-Consults rule book-
If it's a designated road or state highway and your vehicle is road legal and your intent while on the beach was to get from A to B (ie no off road shennanigans), then yes.

But if it's going to skew the stats then no.

[judecatmad]

Just doing a little research on bikers and accident rates: How many accidents have you been involved in in the last 12 months?

Includes any spill, bin, drop, crash, scrape etc while on a public road (incl car parks etc) riding or driving a road going motor vehicle (car, bike, truck etc). Doesn't matter if it was your fault or not.

Open poll, nothing to be ashamed of......

Just the one accident - first one EVER! Caused by some tw@t kid coming the other way round a blind corner on a dirt road at speed....uninsured too!

But we won at disputes tribunal - yay!

[Goblin]

I've been quite lucky I think, not to have crashed/binned/dropped in the past 12 months(touch wood!) Unfortunately I was first on the scene at a serious crashe this year. Put a real damper on the ride and I missed out on lunch.:angry: Being in that situation made me more aware of how riding beyond ones limits can bum out the whole day for others as well.

[Dodger]

Nothing ever... yet :dodge:

[placidfemme]

doh! If you had asked this after the 18th dec I could have clicked "0"

[Kflasher]

Total of 7 in 18yrs (including motocrossing the nifty fifty:scooter: )

[vifferman]

None!
Although there was that one time when my tyre exploded, I crashed, slid into a parked car, died, the gas tank exploded, throwing me in to the air, then I hit the asphalt again, died, got run over by a truck, tossed into the path of a bus, and died again.
Then my pacemaker exploded in the incinerator, and I died yet again.



I hate it when that happens.... :whocares:

[Cajun]

You never say that.
That's like talking about speeding tickets. Don't do it!!


This is just past 12 months,

last accident in motor vehicle was 6 years ago i would say(in a car even)

I average one speeding ticket a year, which as a whole i am happy with, one ticket for doing 115-120km each year i can live with, if i get away with rest of year

[Ixion]

None!
Although there was that one time when my tyre exploded, I crashed, slid into a parked car, died, the gas tank exploded, throwing me in to the air, then I hit the asphalt again, died, got run over by a truck, tossed into the path of a bus, and died again.
Then my pacemaker exploded in the incinerator, and I died yet again.



I hate it when that happens.... :whocares:
Yeah, but that doesn't count , cos as I heard it you ended up doing a triple somersault back into the saddle and rode off.

[Squeak the Rat]

Where did the Zero option go????? FFS:bash:

[magicfairy]

None - 10 chars

[Pumba]

Only 1 in a car in the last 12 months, silly blond stopped for an orange light in Auckland, whats with that?

[robertydog]

None. Need a zero on the poll.

Done (SP)

[SPman]

One (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=34253) ..It seems i simply fall off for no good reason around each 5 year mark,just to keep my hand in.

6 in 29 years.
8 in close on 40 years - unfortunately 2 of those were in the last 11 months!!!

[MWVT]

This is just past 12 months,

last accident in motor vehicle was 6 years ago i would say(in a car even)

I average one speeding ticket a year, which as a whole i am happy with, one ticket for doing 115-120km each year i can live with, if i get away with rest of year

Yup, i call that value for money :yes:

[jade]

4
One I hit a car that pulled out on me between the passenger door and back door somewhere between 50 and 100kph and broke my femeur in 5 places, not another scratch on me.. 2 blood transfusions, 7 days in hospital and 4 months off work on acc and a 40cm rod in my leg the diamater of an old 50c piece !!!!!

My next one was after I spent those 4 months rebuilding my bike, took it out for its maiden voyage, I had to make brackets for the callipers because they didnt fit the new set of forks... - the callipers were rubbing on the discs, 15mins into the maiden voyage the friction caused them to heat up and sieze at 60kph... front wheel locked, I was thrown over the handlebars and up the road...

Those were on my nsr, I had 2 on that bike before that, and 1 on my old gn..

Next I got an aprilia rs250... Not a scratch on it for 5 months - then got knocked off by a car and written off, insurance paid out and I got a 2000 rs250... On the 4th day of ownership did 700km in one day, heading home I was braking for a corner and went onto the front wheel at bowt a 100, wasnt going thru the corner like that so aimed it between the 2 fences, got airbourne, hit the other side of the ditch - bike stayed where it was and I flew about 20 feet before sliding another 40... Not a scratch on me
Bike bent the frame - front wheel moving back 75mm
Got it back 3 days ago and am the worlds slowest driver on the road, Have no intention of going caning on backroads, I now strictly obey road rules and speed limits, Im going to the track.

[jeremysprite]

Wow sounds like a complete change of heart for someone who was 'cruising' at 150kmh.
Curious - did this change of heart happen immediatley after the crash, or over the ensuing months?

I always told myself that I'd slow down. Then someone pointed out that I ride an FXR. It don't go fast.

[NighthawkNZ]

Just doing a little research on bikers and accident rates: How many accidents have you been involved in in the last 12 months?


ummm none... and 1 in the last 15 years??

[Trudes]

I went for two, but not sure if dropping it in the garage counts. So probably only one, stalling at an intersection and dropping (thankfully the husbands) bike on myself.

[-df-]

never crashed a road bike (so many times it could have gone the other way, cars/rear end giving out etc).

Crashed my old KDX and broke my shoulder...but that doesn't count (who says roadbikes are more dangerous!!!)

[scracha]

Just doing a little research on bikers and accident rates: How many accidents have you been involved in in the last 12 months?

[Edit:] Zero option appears to have dropped off the poll or been deleted somehow. :(

Just curious but how's it research on bikers if we can count car crashes too?

Past 11 years 0 bike bins and 2 car write-offs.

[BarBender]

Bad year.
2 bins.
One with a farken wild turkey.
The other I was the turkey.

[Squeak the Rat]

Just curious but how's it research on bikers if we can count car crashes too?

Do bikers have an acceptance of crashing, or have more of a risk taking attitude that leads to high instances of crashing.......

Cheers all, keep em coming if you haven't voted yet. I expected at least one or two higher votes.... :yes:

[marty]

Wow sounds like a complete change of heart for someone who was 'cruising' at 150kmh.
Curious - did this change of heart happen immediatley after the crash, or over the ensuing months?

I always told myself that I'd slow down. Then someone pointed out that I ride an FXR. It don't go fast.

you've still managed to crash it 6 times.....

[Kjell]

One - Hopped off the bike to get the mail out of the mail box.

Slight angle had the bike near vertical on the stand, 2/3 of a tank of gas. Must of been the speed at which I jumped off, because a couple of sloshs later the bike was off balance and *bang*. Scrap to the mirror surround, and sratched handle butt. Bar still looks straight.

[Mr. Peanut]

私はレディース胸を好む。私は3 回私のオートバイを衝突した。

McJim はイルカの陰嚢を食べるのを好む。

[scracha]

Do bikers have an acceptance of crashing, or have more of a risk taking attitude that leads to high instances of crashing.......

Cheers all, keep em coming if you haven't voted yet. I expected at least one or two higher votes.... :yes:

Still doesn't answer the question though. Some bikers (I'd say half the Auckland crew on the Coro loop run for example) have more of an acceptance of crashing while on their bikes, some while on their cars and some are just mental and tend to crash both lots of the time.

I've fell off my horse 4 times in the past 6 months (2 off-road) if you want higher votes?

[Ixion]

私はレディース胸を好む。私は3 回私のオートバイを衝突した。

McJim はイルカの陰嚢を食べるのを好む。

No!. See a doctor. There's no need to be emabrrased , you can get treatment for it and it's totally confidential.Just be more careful in future

[paturoa]

we are talking about on road right - if so nada

[pritch]

The poll might be better if it also included reference to the mileage. One :Oops: in 20,000k is better than one :Oops: when the guy only rides around the bays on the sunniest days of the year.

Sorry, but I'm too superstitous to vote in the poll :o