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To me that does not give enough to contradict, they don't break down the figures any further to reveal properly. "Approximately 40% of all serious and fatal mo
by oldcynic 9y ago
To me that does not give enough to contradict, they don't break down the figures any further to reveal properly.
"Approximately 40% of all serious and fatal motorcycle crashes in the Netherlands are single vehicle crashes (a crash in which no other road user is involved). In the other motorcycle crashes the crash opponent is mainly a passenger car"
Now I'm sure some of the other 60% are caused by the biker, but the vast majority of two vehicle accidents involving a bike come down to driver pulling out of side road, overtaking into blind spot etc. Your guess is as good as mine how they broke down further.
The only UK figures, with enough breakdown, I can find are 2004[0], which gave rider at fault 42%, other driver 44% with 33% single vehicle. They removed single vehicle to get 22% rider, 57% driver as cause when more than one vehicle.
But yes the idiots taking racing line at 100mph in weekend traffic are an accident waiting to happen and have a good chance of ending buried in a wall. I'm happy to let them pass me.
[0] http://www.mile-muncher.com/dft_rdsafety_035422.pdf http://www.mile-muncher.com/dft_rdsafety_035422.pdf