Motorcycle User Casualties, 2011

The key points in this bulletin cover the following issues for all motorcycle user casualties:

• Motorcyclists represent 0.8 per cent of traffic in Wales whist motorcycle riders comprised 39 per cent of fatal and serious casualties of all motor vehicle drivers.
• In 2011, the chance of a motorcycle rider being killed or seriously injured, per kilometre travelled, is around 61 times greater than for a car driver.
• Since 2003 approximately 89 per cent of motorcyclist casualties are male.
• Since 2003, casualties aged 30 and over have exceeded those aged under 30.
• Casualties aged 30 and over tend to be ride machines of over 500cc engine capacity, and account for just under 70 per cent of the casualties within this group.
• In 2011, the highest numbers of motorcyclist casualties were in Powys and Swansea.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5062
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)