Motor accidents crosses the sales

As I have just recently started my blog, I often search for news related to motorcycles. On these searches I mostly find news about motorcycles accident like every hour. Its very annoying and sad as most of the accidents in those news led to deaths of the rider. Studies have found that the fatality rate for motorcycles is 72.34 per 100,000 registered motorcycles compared to 13.10 cars out of 100,000 registered cars.

A national study by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS) found that:

• Motorcycle rider death rates increased among all rider age groups between 1998 and 2000
• Motorcycle rider deaths were nearly 30 times more than drivers of other vehicles
• Motorcycle riders aged below 40 are 36 times more likely to be killed than other vehicle operators of the same age.
• Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.

Other notable findings were:

• 75% of accidents were found to involve a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle, while the remaining 25% of accidents were single motorcycle accidents.
• In the single vehicle accidents, motorcycle rider error was present as the accident precipitating factor in about two-thirds of the cases, with the typical error being a slide-out and fall due to overbraking or running wide on a curve due to excess speed or under-cornering.
• Almost half of the fatal accidents show alcohol involvement.
• Injury severity increases with speed, alcohol involvement and motorcycle size.
• In the multiple vehicle accidents, the driver of the other vehicle violated the motorcycle right-of-way and caused the accident in two-thirds of those accidents.
• The report's additional findings show that the wearing of appropriate gear, specifically, helmets and durable garment, mitigates crash injuries substantially.
• Vehicle failure accounted for less than 3% of these motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents where control was lost due to a puncture flat.
• Weather is not a factor in 98% of motorcycle accidents.
• The failure of motorists to detect and recognize motorcycles in traffic is the predominating cause of motorcycle accidents... Conspicuity of the motorcycle is a critical factor in the multiple vehicle accidents, and accident involvement is significantly reduced by the use of motorcycle headlamps-on In daylight and the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets.

Everyone has accidents once in a while, even I had some which where traumatic but that doesn't stop us from riding because its what we love to do but still we have to be careful while riding. Sometimes accidents may not be preventable but the fatality of the accident can surely be reduced. Here are 10 common motorcycle accidents and how to avoid them, be sure to check them out it will come in handy.  https://rideapart.com/articles/10-common-motorcycle-accidents-and-how-to-avoid-them

Source - wikipedia.org