Motorcycle accidents in Essex
Motorcycling is one of the most dangerous modes of transport and sadly each year motorcycle accidents kill or serious injure thousands of people on the UK's roads. Many families across England, Scotland and Wales have seen the effects of motorcycling injuries first hand, and have to cope with them on a day to day basis.
The BikeSafe association has been set up by the police and it hopes to reduce the number of people being killed in motorcycle accidents by encouraging safer riding behaviour. It is a countrywide scheme, with each county taking steps to make their roads safer for motorcyclists. It is important that it is dealt with on this level, as there are different problems and challenges in different areas of the country.
The Essex branch of BikeSafe has put together a set of statistics that show the particular issues which affect this area of England. A very high proportion of fatal road accidents involve motorcycles in this county (25%) and it is vital that the danger factors are identified so further accidents can be avoided.
Essex motorcycle accidents
National statistics reveal that the section of population most likely to be seriously injured or killed in a motorcycle accident is the "born again" bikers, who are generally thought of as being between 35 and 45. However, figures from Essex reveal that it is younger bikers who are most at risk of being involved in a road accident, with 25 to 35 year olds most at risk.
Most of those who are injured in motorcycle accidents on Essex roads are riding for leisure purposes, rather than to get from A to B. As such, many take place on favourite "rideout" routes and on powerful performance bikes of 600cc or more. When BikeSafe looked at fatal accident statistics from Essex, just 3 out of 20 were found to have occurred on bikes with under 500cc engines.
In other areas of the UK, motorcyclists riding in groups tend to be particularly vulnerable to road accidents. However, Essex statistics show that it is lone bikers who are the most likely to have an accident, with 77% of reported motorcycle accidents occurring when there was only one biker.
If you wish to find out more about Essex motorcycle accidents, more information can be found at http://www.essex.police.uk.
Claiming compensation after a motorcycle accident
Figures from BikeSafe show that a third of motorcycle accidents in Essex were not the rider's fault. The vast majority of these non-fault accidents were caused by other road users, many of which happened at junctions.
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