Overview

The main reason for saferrider.org is to help improve issues around motorcycle safety, so this is arguably the most imporant part of the site. Use the navigation down the left hand side to access a wealth of useful information.

The reason for providing this information is that we are still concerned about the number of riders killed every year on their bikes. There is good news though; as the chart below shows, the number of bikers being killed each year is generally falling:

 

We are also happy to bring you the IAM Motocycling Facts Reports

"In the seven years between 2000 and 2006, around 150,000 motorcyclists were killed or injured on Britain’s roads. This report highlights key findings from the analysis of the information gathered by the police at the crash scene and recorded in the official statistics.Motorcycling can be the riskiest way to travel. For every kilometre travelled, a motorcyclist is fifty times more likely to become a casualty than a car driver.

This latest IAM study reviews and reappraises the risk. It analyses 150,000 motorcycle casualties over seven years, highlights where and when motorcyclists are most at risk and explains why they become casualties."