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The Evolution of Motorcycle Safety

The Evolution of Motorcycle Safety Statistically, it has never been safer to ride a motorcycle in Britain - but bikers still account for 20% of all fatalities on the roads 1000 1200 800 1400 2010 1600 1960 1960 2010 1800 200 2000 BILLION MILES NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLISTS TRAVELLED BY KILLED MOTORCYCLISTS Number of Motorcyclists killed 1 1883 - MOTORCYCLES INVENTED 3 1934 - SPEED LIMITS INTRODUCED 3 PRE 1935 - SIR HUGH CAIRNS PIONEERS RESEARCH THAT WOULD 1954 CONCLUDE THAT THE ADOPTION OF CRASH HELMETS AS STANDARD BY BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MOTORCYCLISTS WOULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN MOTORCYCLE RELATED FATALITIES 4 1954 1955 HIGHEST RECORDED 1956 NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLES IN USE 3 1957 1958 1959 12345670 1960 1961 LEARNER RIDERS RESTRICTED TO 1962 MOTORCYCLES UNDER 250c 3 1963 1964 1965 MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLE MINIMUM AGE RAISED TO 17. FIRST USED AFTER 1/1/71 MUST HAVE 1966 DIPPED BEAM HEADLIGHT 3 MOPED AGE LEFT AT 16 3 ALL MOTORCYCLE RIDERS REQUIRED TO HAVE 1967 1968 PASSENGER INSURANCE 3 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 WEARING OF CRASH HELMETS MADE 1975 COMPULSORY FOR 30 ALL MOTORCYLE RIDERS 3 1976 1977 MOPEDS FIRST USED 1978 AFTER 1/8/77 NOT PERMITTED TO HAVE MAXIMUM DESIGN 1979 TWO PART SPEED GREATER MOTORCYCLE TEST THAN 30MPH 3 INTRODUCED 1980 (1981 ACT) 3 1981 MOTORCYCLES 1982 REQUIRED TO HAVE MAIN BEAM HEADLIGHTS 3 1983 1984 1985 MOTORCYCLES 1986 FIRST USED AFTER 1/4/87 REQUIRED TO HAVE DIRECTIONAL 1987 INDICATORS 3 .... 1988 CRASH HELMETS 1989 VISORS REQUIRED 3 MOTORCYCLES FIRST USED AFTER 1990 1/4/87 TO HAVE BRAKES SYSTEM APPROVED BY UN ECE REGULATION 135 1991 1992 THE FIRST ELECTRONIC /HYDRAULIC ABS 1993 BRAKES DEBUTED BY BMW 11 1994 CBT INTRODUCED. 1995 LEARNERS CAN NO LONGER TAKE A PASSENGER 5 1996 1997 1997 RE-TESTS REVISED -A TEST CANDIDATE MUST WAIT 10 1998 WORKING DAYS BEFORE RETAKING A PRACTICAL TEST 5 1999 2000 2001 2002 ALL NEW CAR LICENCE 2003 HOLDERS MUST MOTORCYCLES COMPLETE CBT BEFORE ARE EXCLUDED RIDING A MOPED 2004 FROM LONDON CONGESTION ALL NEW MOTORCYLE CHARGE 5 TEST CANDIDATES MUST 2005 DO A THEORY TEST REGARDLESS OF THEIR LICENCE 5 2006 2007 NEW RIDERS 2008 PASSING THEIR TEST DROPS TO AN 2009 ALL TIME LOW 5 2010 Motorcycle road traffic (per billion vehicle miles) 2 OTHER FACTS & FIGURES THERE IS 37% LOWER RISK OF A FATAL CRASH IF YOU HELMETS REDUCE HAVE A MOTORCYLE FITTED THE RISK OF HEAD INJURY BY AROUND 69% AND DEATH BY WITH ABS BRAKES7 AROUND 42% B * Per 10,000 registered vehicles FEWER THAN 10% OF BY COMPLETING AN MOTORCYCLISTS ARE AGED ADVANCED RIDING COURSE 16 -19 YEARS. BUT THEY YOU CAN GET UP TO 10% REPRESENT 25% OF REDUCTION WITH CERTAIN INSURANCE SCHEMES RIDER CASUALTIES 10 Sign the e-petition which seeks to ensure biker related questions are made compulsory in the driving test to help raise awareness of motorcyclists on the road www.bikerpetition.co.uk Data Sources: 1 http://www.dft.gov.uk/statistics/tables/ras40007/ 2 http://www.dft.gov.uk/statistics/tables/tra0101/ 3 http://thames-valley-region.mag-uk.org 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Cairns_%28surgeon%29 5 http://www.artmotorcycletraining.co.uk/motorcycle_history.htm 6 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/26272 7 http://www.ihs.org/research/qanda/antilock.html 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_helmet#cite_note-0 9 http://www.bennetts.co.uk/policy/help-advice/how-to-reduce-your-insurance/ 10 http://www.iam.org.uk/images/stories/downloads/Motorcycling/IAMmotorcyclist_Report_v7.pdf 11 http://www.ehow.com/facts_5017704_invented-abs-brakes.html Data for 1993 onwards are not directly comparable with the figures for 1992 and earlier on either tables. S bennetts וומ 1200 1000 800

The Evolution of Motorcycle Safety

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Championing the awareness and inroads made into improving motorcycle safety, the ‘Evolution of Motorcycle Safety’ infographic encapsulates the historic charting of pinnacle moments in the developm...

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