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DfT statistics and motorbike accident claims with YouClaim

In 2008, 1.4 percent of motorcycle riders failed a breathalyser test after a motorbike accident, claimed the Department for Transport in the 2009 edition of the Compendium of Motorcycling Statistics.

This was just one of the key findings published in October 2009, encompassing all types of two-wheeled motorised vehicles, with statistics presented under four headings:

  1. Motorcyclists - Motorbike training and ownership statistics;

  2. Motorcycles - Vehicle information and motorbike characteristics;

  3. Journeys made - Numbers of, purpose and characteristics;

  4. Motorcycling safety - Statistics on road traffic accidents involving motorbikes, and associated casualties.

Key motorbike findings:

  • In 2008, just less than three percent of UK households owned at least one motorbike.

  • In 2008/09, 105 thousand motorcycle tests were taken - 85 percent of that figure were taken by men.

  • In Great Britain in 2008, there were approximately 1.3 million licensed motorcycles in the UK.

  • There was an estimated 3.6 percent of actively used motorbikes which were unlicensed - this was a fall from 9.8 percent in 2007.

  • More than one million motorcycle MOT tests were undertaken in 2008/09, with 81 percent passing - this figure has remained fairly stable for the past ten years.

  • UK motorcyclists rode 5.1 million vehicle kilometres in 2008 - a drop of 8 percent from 2007.

  • In 2008, the number of motorcycle accident deaths or serious injuries was 1,131 per billion km ridden. Ten years earlier this figure was 23 percent higher.

  • The 2008 rate of motorbike accident breath test failures, 1.4 percent, was unchanged from 2007, but was lower than the 2.7 percent of all road users as a whole.

Motorbike accident claims with YouClaim
If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident and were not at fault, you may be able to make a motorbike accident claim to recover damages for your suffering.

Our no win, no fee solicitors are highly successful in this field of personal injury claims and offer a truly cost-free service which offers a high level of professionalism and a jargon-free experience of civil litigation.

Governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, our motorbike accident solicitors guarantee that in a successful case you will receive 100 percent compensation and you will not be charged a penny - win or lose.

Call us today for a free, no-obligation chat about making a motorbike accident claim on 0800 10 757 95. Alternatively you could have an echat, request a call back or fill in an online claim form. Whichever way you choose to contact us, you can rest assured that we are here to help.

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