Here are just a few of the reasons why the BikeSafe Initiative exists.
Don't end up like this - Contact your nearest force running BikeSafe now.
The information below was supplied by Hampshire Police.
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Suzuki 1300 Hayabusa. Travelling towards the roundabout under a motorway failed to negotiate the left hand bend on to roundabout and collided with the safety barrier on his offside. Rider killed. |
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Aprilla 900 travelling at speed through left hand bend on a motorway slip road collides with safety barrier to his offside. Rider killed. |
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Honda 1000cc Firestorm. Brakes heavily on approach to a left hand bend, crosses road and collides with the offside of a car travelling towards Honda. Rider killed. |
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Believed to be a Yamaha travelling at high speed collides head-on with a van travelling north. Rider killed. |
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Kawaski 1200 travelling through a left hand bend, brakes crosses the centre of the road, collides with front offside wing of one Land Rover and then collides head on with a second Land Rover, both vehicles travelling towards the Kawasaki. Rider killed. |
Government Statistics
These statistics are the latest available and cover 2001:
"There were 28,768 two wheeled motor vehicles users casualties, 2 per cent more than in 2000. The number killed fell 4 per cent to 581 and the number of seriously injured fell 1 per cent to 6,718."
However, this shows a massive 24% rise above the 1994/1998 baseline average for all bike casualties!
Or to put it another way. In one year alone: Over 10 riders a week died. Nearly 20 were seriously injured every day. Plus 400 a week were slightly hurt.
For a full report please download:
http://www.transtat.dft.gov.uk/tables/2002/rcas/pdf/rcas01.pdf
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