Motorcycle fatalities rise in 2012
A small spike, but statistics continue to show that riding powered two-wheelers in Australia is a far safer pursuit than any time in the pastThere were 224 motorcycle-related deaths on Australian roads in 2012, comprising 202 males and 22 females.
The result is a 10.9 per cent increase on 2011 (202 deaths), but based on deaths of motorcyclists per 10,000 registered motorcycles it’s the second best result since 2003.
An average of 3.16 motorcyclists per 10,000 registered motorcycles died in 2012, just shy of 2.98 in 2011 but a quantum leap ahead of 2005 when the figure was 5.52. Since 2005, the rate has dropped by an average of 6.6 per cent every year.
Of the 224 deaths in 2012, NSW, Qld, WAS, Tas and the NT all recorded increases over 2011, the ACT remained the same, while Vic and SA recorded falls. Sixty-one riders died in the NSW, followed by 60 in Qld. The ACT recorded three fatalities.
Stretching back to 1983, 1997 recorded the least number of deaths with 177, while 1983 was a shocker with 410 riders (and pillions) losing their lives.
Seventeen per cent of all road fatalities in 2012 (also including drivers, passengers, pedestrians and bicycle riders) were from the motorcycle fraternity.
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