Motorcycle User Casualties, 2008

This Statistical Bulletin assesses the relationship between motorcycles and road casualties in Wales for the period up to 2008.  

It presents information about; Relative risk for motorcyclists; Motorcyclist casualties by age and sex; The category of motorcycle, by engine size, that the casualty was riding, Time of motorcyclist casualties, by month and day of week, The local conditions, by light and weather, Motorcyclist casualties by junction location and Motorcyclist casualties by local authority area.

The key points from the latest release include:

• The chance of a motorcycle rider being killed or seriously injured, per kilometre travelled, is around 45 times greater than for a car driver.
• Out of a group of 100 typical motorcyclists in Wales, the statistical expectation is that one of this group will be killed or seriously injured in 18 months of driving.
• Approximately 90 per cent of motorcycle user casualties are male.
• Since the late 1990s, casualties aged 30 and over have exceeded those aged under 30.
• Around half of motorcyclist casualties in Wales as a whole were riding machines with an engine capacity of over 500cc.
• Compared with car occupant casualties, motorcycle user casualties were more likely to occur in the summer, and less likely to occur in winter
• Compared with car occupant casualties, motorcycle user casualties were more likely to occur at weekends.
• The highest number of motorcyclist casualties were in Powys (11 per cent of the total) followed by Swansea, Flintshire, Cardiff and Pembrokeshire.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5413
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

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