Motorcycle Crash Stats

[Niterider]

Found sum interesting stuff right here.
http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/...et-July-07.pdf

Does anyone have a clue what happened that brought the roadkill down so drastically from the 80's to the 2000's.

[Grub]

Good post, thanks for that ... makes really interesting reading.

To really answer your question, you'd have to go back to the registration stats and see how many motorcycles were on the road and then work out the number of accidents per 100 bikes on the road.

You'll see from this post of registration stats, that in 1980/81 there were three times as many bikes on the road as there are now (30K vs 11K). Although at the rate sales are going, we might reach those levels again soon.

[Biggles2000]

Does anyone have a clue what happened that brought the roadkill down so drastically from the 80's to the 2000's.

The powers that be came down hard on drunk driving.

[Jantar]

Two things happened.

The first one Gubb already addressed, and that is the number of motorcycles on the road decreased after 1981.

The second one is that the open road speed limit was increased from 80 to 100 kmh in 1986. And, hey, look at the graph. The peak motorcycle accident rate was in 1986!!!!

[Deano]

Does anyone have a clue what happened that brought the roadkill down so drastically from the 80's to the 2000's.

All the big bore two strokes from the 70's (H1, waterbus etc) had all been written of by the 80's ?

[Rob Taylor]

All the big bore two strokes from the 70's (H1, waterbus etc) had all been written of by the 80's ?

Or maybe motorcycle prices are to high now for the young fella to afford...Hold on, when did the 250cc rule come in for learners??? That could have something to do with it .....

[riffer]

I'd put money on the impact of deregulation of imported cars, making more youngsters choose cars over motorcycles as first transport.

Couple that with NZ effectively being in the grip of 2 recessions, one in 1987-89, the other in 1992-95, reducing discretionary spending hugely.

Look in five years when the latest recession is over. It will have a corresponding effect due to the sales of bike dropping off.

[mowgli]

Very interesting. The graph at the bottom of page 4 shows that between 2002 - 2006, in crashes involving motorcycles, the rider was primarily responsible in more than half the cases.

Sure motorcycling is dangerous but I don't know how many times I've been told that usually the rider is taken out and wasn't at fault. That assertion is clearly wrong according to these stats. Go figure

[mowgli]

Couple that with NZ effectively being in the grip of 2 recessions, one in 1987-89, the other in 1992-95, reducing discretionary spending hugely.

You missed one: 2008-10

Edit: Oops! No you didn't "recent recession"

[Ixion]

All the big bore two strokes from the 70's (H1, waterbus etc) had all been written of by the 80's ?

Not all. Not all.

[Niterider]

All the big bore two strokes from the 70's (H1, waterbus etc) had all been written of by the 80's ?

Now u're talking! I owned a 750 trip waterbus. What a machine!

[dipshit]

Sure motorcycling is dangerous but I don't know how many times I've been told that usually the rider is taken out and wasn't at fault. That assertion is clearly wrong according to these stats. Go figure

Yeah, BRONZ is full of shit.

[dipshit]

I'd put money on the impact of deregulation of imported cars, making more youngsters choose cars over motorcycles as first transport.

Couple that with NZ effectively being in the grip of 2 recessions, one in 1987-89, the other in 1992-95, reducing discretionary spending hugely.

And add to that, that Jap bikes went through their fat ugly stage in the late 80s', ealy 90s'.

CBR1000/600... GSX600 teapot... GPX750... So much plastic everwhere. Who would want one?

[awayatc]

I'd put money on the impact of deregulation of imported cars, making more youngsters choose cars over motorcycles as first transport.

That alone has to be the major reason....Up untill the cheap Jap imports era cars were horrendously expensive...AND very boring..
(Thousands and thousands of dollars just for a second hand Vauxhall Viva...)

Now you can buy a 200 HP turbo Blabla for a couple hundred dollars.....
Second hand motorbikes however are far more expensive in NZ then in most other countries....

Plus licences for Motorbikes are now a lot harder to get, and a lot more expensive!

[Taz]

I see in the original link that you have a higher chance of crashing between the hours of midday and 4pm on a Saturday or Sunday so my advice would be to stay put in whichever pub you're in and ride home after 4.