Quote Originally Posted by Toaster View Post
The stats presented - if correct - are a result of many things:

Heavy overt and covert road policing
Road construction/barriers etc
Education on defensive riding
Technology in bikes brakes etc etc
Better medical response and care

...and quite possibly some statisitical error in the sample and analysis.

Now... off to post drivel and read some jokes....
erm ... with you on the last bit. Lies, damn lies and statistics and all that. UK Dept. of Transport figs, based on this dubiously come by figure:
"Motorbikes and mopeds travelled 5.1 billion kilometres in 2002", plus reported accidents (which as a %?)
Note also that the govt. has hit its targets because of these bike figs.

I have no doubt that riders are safer now than in the previous 30 yrs or so because of many advances in bikes, gear, roads, medical and esp. tyres.

But I've done some work for these jokers and other UK stats govt. sources and have very, very little faith in these figs.
As soon as they want to impose speed limits, cameras, legislate against bikes of certain classes etc. the figs will support the fact that bikes are more dangerous than ever.