Sport Bike Deaths and 40+ riders

[Squeeze]

You can get big swings in percentages when dealing with smaller isolated numbers. As an example, a 73% increase in 4 deaths is close to 7, and a 25% decrease from 10 deaths is around 7. Percents don't give you a true picture unless your dealing with larger amounts on a nationwide basis. Using a percentage based on small numbers usually is done for sensationalism, and when someone is trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill when trying to prove a point.......

 

As i like to say .... i believe only in these Stats, i made up myselves ... :cool10:

[BurgyMon]

I guess thats why so many second gens have been going down. Some of us just can't handle that super bike power.

Oh! I thought it was the difficulty involved in transitioning from the "walker" to the bike!!:rotf:

[hig4s]

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mcfat.pdf

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/MotorcycleCrashRiskVol2.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mcstatusrep.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mc1fatinj.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/safety/crash_data/motorcycle/pdf/fatality_chart.pdf

http://www.msf-usa.org/imsc/proceedings/a-Shankar-Where_are_the_Increases_in_Motorcycle_Rider_Fatalities.pdf

 

From South Carolina

The SCDPS released these numbers:

- 114 fatalities studied

- 90 percent of those killed were male

- 66 percent were over the age of 35

- 64 percent were not wearing helmets

- 73 percent of the time, the motorcycle operator contributed

- 54 percent of the fatal collisions involved speed as a factor

[Guest KitCarson]

I saw on of these soon to be statistics in action today. A man about 60 on a new beamer. Had the temp paper tag on the bike. I noticed he was a little shaky at the stops.....and at two intersections he rode through them with both feet down kinda wobbly.......not used to riding. But......traffic slowed....long line of cars....and sure enough off he went riding up the right side of the road.past all the stopped traffic...ran through the yellow light up at the next intersection. I was sitting there watching with a smile...wishing I was a passenger in one of the cars.....just open the door..............

[Condor]

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mcfat.pdf

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/MotorcycleCrashRiskVol2.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mcstatusrep.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.ne.us/highwaysafety/pdf/mc1fatinj.pdf

http://www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/safety/crash_data/motorcycle/pdf/fatality_chart.pdf

http://www.msf-usa.org/imsc/proceedings/a-Shankar-Where_are_the_Increases_in_Motorcycle_Rider_Fatalities.pdf

 

From South Carolina

The SCDPS released these numbers:

- 114 fatalities studied

- 90 percent of those killed were male

- 66 percent were over the age of 35

- 64 percent were not wearing helmets

- 73 percent of the time, the motorcycle operator contributed

- 54 percent of the fatal collisions involved speed as a factor

 

Thanks for the links Al. Lots of good information, and more than I want to digest in one sitting. I did get into the alcohol report, but didn't see where 50% of all m/c deaths were alcohol related. The Hurt report leans more toward 'Left Hand Louies'. I did see where riders with lower blood/alcohol levels than drivers, with a higher BAL, were more inclined to be involved in an accident. I think the contributing factor is that balance and judgement are effected by alcohol and those are 2 items are the most important when operating a MC.

[hig4s]

Thanks for the links Al. Lots of good information, and more than I want to digest in one sitting. I did get into the alcohol report, but didn't see where 50% of all m/c deaths were alcohol related. The Hurt report leans more toward 'Left Hand Louies'. I did see where riders with lower blood/alcohol levels than drivers, with a higher BAL, were more inclined to be involved in an accident. I think the contributing factor is that balance and judgement are effected by alcohol and those are 2 items are the most important when operating a MC.

 

I'm sure I read somewhere they quoted 50% But anyway, on page 18 of the last link,, with their it varies from year to year from 34% to 44% mostly around 40% by their study.

[captnmidnight]

The fact is that we all have a tendency to become complaisent in our every day rides. I would like to take a rider safety course after 30 yrs. of riding because I"m certain that It would make me more aware of things I overlooked or didn"t know to begin with. Let"s not forget that your first accident on a cycle could easily be your last, and that you are never guaranteed your next mile. Plz. be ware and drive safe everyone.