Motorcyclists and accidents – do we see proportionately more motorcyclists than car drivers?

Motorcyclists and accidents – do we see proportionately more motorcyclists than car drivers?

December 21, 2014

Motorcyclists and accidents – do we see proportionately more motorcyclists than car drivers?

Statistics from the Victorian Transport Accident Commission demonstrate a vastly increased lethality due to motorcycle riding compared with driving a car.

In the last ten years, more than 430 motorcycle riders and pillion passengers have been killed, and close to 9,000 riders and pillions have been seriously injured on Victorian roads. This represents 14% of all road fatalities in the last ten years and 16% of all hospitalised claims.

Fatalities

Of the 243 people killed on Victoria’s roads in 2013, 41 were riders and passengers of motorcycles, representing 17% of the 2013 road toll.

Motorcycles represent less than 4% of the number of registered vehicles in Victoria, and account for around 1% of vehicle kilometres travelled*. Around 9% of Victorian licence holders hold a motorcycle licence.

Of the 41 motorcyclists and pillions killed in 2013:

• 95% were male
• 46% were aged between 40 and 65
• 54% occurred in Regional Victoria
• 54% were involved in crashes between the hours of 10am and 6pm and
• 41% of deaths occurred on roads sign posted at 100km/h or more
• 44% were involved in single vehicle crashes, 22% were involved in head on or overtaking crashes, 15% were involved in same direction crashes and 20% were involved in crashes with another vehicle at an intersection

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