Motorcycle fatalities have been increasing at faster rate than total motor vehicle deaths; growth in motorcycle accidents is direct result of growth in numbers and use of these vehicles; in study made in Great Britain it was found that chance of motorcyclist being killed per mile ridden is about 20 times of car driver; risk of death or injury to pillion passenger is about 5% higher than risk to driver; personal-injury accident rate of solo motorcycles is about four times, and that of motorcycles with sidecars about twice as great as that of cars; 97% of total casualties in collisions between motorcycles and cars or trucks are motorcyclists.


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    Title :

    Motorcycle accidents -- Epidemic


    Additional title:

    Nat Research Council -- Highway Research Board -- Research Rec


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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