Crash data

[James Deuce]

Quote from the site.


Analysis of fatal motorcycle accidents2

This research looks at factors involved in fatal motorcycle crashes from 1994 to 1999. The fatalities are compared with car driver fatalities. Key findings include:

* The most common circumstances for fatal motorcycle crashes were intersection collisions, head-on collisions and cornering.
* Riders were less likely than car drivers to be at fault in intersection crashes.
* Riders were more at risk of a fatal crash than car drivers in urban areas.
* Nearly a quarter of fatal crashes occurred while riding in groups of two or more. Most of the crashes were head-on collisions, more likely to involve overtaking and being on the wrong side of the road at excessive speeds.
* Those killed were more likely to be learner and inexperienced riders.

Who paid for the research? A biker lobby group? An insurance company? A university with a department dedicated to road accident research being sponsored by an oil company?

[mitchilin]

It wasn't the tyre companies or the suspension companies or.....

[WelshWizard]

Who paid for the research? A biker lobby group? An insurance company? A university with a department dedicated to road accident research being sponsored by an oil company?

All I could find was this little note on there site
""1) Land Transport New Zealand data sourced from traffic crash reports.

2) Bailey, J. & M. (2001), Analysis of Fatal Motorcycle Accidents using the In-depth Fatal Accident Database, Prepared for ACC.

3) Young, J. & Fink-Jenson, K. (2001), Motorcycle Crashes Taxanomic Analysis, Prepared for ACC by BRC Marketing and Social Research, Wellington.""

not the brightest of souces

[James Deuce]

No, not bright at all.

They have a vested interest in getting us off they road.

[WelshWizard]

No, not bright at all.

They have a vested interest in getting us off they road.

To true after all one of them is contrabuting to the death tole by putting up them dam wire barriers and incorrectly constructed metal ones instead of using concrete which last longer than 20 years has far less maintenance needs, and therefore save endangering workers who have to repair the darn things after they have just killed a rider or car driver