The “Biker Down” crash sensor has won a major prize at the Expo Kickstart New Product Contest, held in conjunction with the 2011 Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The sensor – created by Recontrak GPS Systems – is a multi-functional GPS real time tracking and monitoring device. This is ideal for the rider who crashes off road or in a remote area, out of the line of sight, day or night, is injured or unconscious, cannot be seen, or needs to make an emergency call from his phone.

The crash impact sends an alert to a 24-hour monitoring centre, that calls the riders’ mobile. If there is no response, this automatically activates an emergency call to the medical services, with the latitude and longitude of the crash.

Michael Botos Sr. (Recontrak GPS Systems COO) said"I have been a motorcycle rider since I was 11 years old and realize that at some point every rider goes down. If we can save just one person's life by speeding up the location time of a down rider, it's all worth it. We believe this is the most important motorcycle safety product since the helmet."