Who has been involved in an accident?

[NinjaNanna]

very interesting, I'd have thougtht there would be a lot more "never crashed" votes.

[george formby]

I wonder what percentage of our "voluntary" offs involved the Police, insurance & ACC? Therefore became statistics.

All my offs were in the UK & I picked the bike up, kicked it straight & rode home feeling very sheepish to get a bollocking off my old man. No stats, no claims, nobody else involved.

As the blind man said, if you did not see it, it did not happen.

[Crisis management]

I wonder what percentage of our "voluntary" offs involved the Police, insurance & ACC? Therefore became statistics.

Very good point, for all my indiscretions only one was recorded as an accident (how a Ducati doesn't fit into the back seat of a U turning car) and that only really involved insurance companies.

[SPP]

voted 1. minor slide scrubbing in a front tyre. 70% of KB crashes are due to rider error....Oooops

[rdkls]

Make that 70% of all, that was the last number I heard.
I think the HURT report had a much lower figure but I'm skeptical of that;
the majority ARE actually single vehicle, due to rider error.

Someone asked what can we do.
We can (on roads) ride conservatively, well within our limits, to the conditions.
There will still be accidents, but it will decrease the most-common scenario, where there was nothing wrong but the rider's misjudgement;
it's not fun, safe, or conducive to improving our skills to do anything else.

[george formby]

Make that 70% of all, that was the last number I heard.
I think the HURT report had a much lower figure but I'm skeptical of that;
the majority ARE actually single vehicle, due to rider error.

Someone asked what can we do.
We can (on roads) ride conservatively, well within our limits, to the conditions.
There will still be accidents, but it will decrease the most-common scenario, where there was nothing wrong but the rider's misjudgement;
it's not fun, safe, or conducive to improving our skills to do anything else.

All of my visits into the scenery have instilled a healthy ability to look, think & slow down. I no longer think about what I can get away with but what I can do to increase my safety margin.

I would be gutted if I over cooked it these days. I would be calling myself a stupid old c$&t for years.

[Flip]

A car pulled out of a service station and crossed the road right in front of me. Knocked me off. I almost stopped in time bugger all damage to the bike, broke my thumb. He was charged with careless causing & his company threw the H+S book at him, sucks to be him I guess.

[chasio]

All my offs were in the UK & I picked the bike up, kicked it straight & rode home feeling very sheepish to get a bollocking off my old man. No stats, no claims, nobody else involved.

My one was pretty much that on wet gravel... save I didn't get a bollocking off anyone because I was the old man by then!

[Blackbird]

Katman makes the most sense and some of the others... well... it reminds me why I don't post on KB much nowadays . I wonder how many people who blame others actually got themselves into the situation because of poor situational awareness? There's some new research been undertaken by Nottingham University and funded by the Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists on identifying the key differences between novice, experienced and advanced motorcyclists. Interesting findings, although hardly surprising. Summary of their findings here: http://geoffjames.blogspot.com/2011/...ity-kills.html

[DEVVIL]

I crashed my CB200 in 1984 my bad. I was trying to out corner another bike at the age of 16. I see in 2011 they put a brick wall up where I landed (Michaels place river bend Rd Napier)
Now days

[R-Soul]

very interesting poll this - it kind of mirrors the stats - except for the dead riders who didn't vote...

[R-Soul]

I was young, dumb, liquored up and did not even know how to countersteer, but took mate's DT125 flat out down a gravel road. At night.

I missed a corner (and luckily a lamp post by about 6 inches as well) and went through barbed wire fence.

Was I really thinking that anything else COULD have happened?