Statistical Charts

    Motorcycle Fatality Rates Per 100,000 Registered Vehicles

Motorcycle Safety Videos

  • March 2008 Motorcycle Safety Ad

    The Transport For London motorcycle safety campaign is a serious look at the consequences of inattentive motorcycle riding.

  • Give Motorcyclists a Second Thought

    The Transport For London motorcycle safety campaign is a serious multimedia look at the consequences of not paying attention to the road - for both drivers and motorbike operators.

Widgets of Mass Distraction

  • Top Tech Gadgets

    Motorbike riders already face numerous commuting challenges, but wait until Web surfing and digital-TV arrive to a dashboard near you. In-car computers, hardware boxed neatly into the center console and topped with a video screen, is one of the hot automotive gadget trends.

On The Web

  • Motorcycle Fatalities Increase

    A January, 2007 memo issued by U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration states between 1996 and 2005, motorcycle fatalities increased over 110 percent, accounting for more than 10 percent of vehicle crash fatalities during that period.

  • Motorcycle Fatality/Injury Rate

    An estimated 137,000 motorcyclists have died in traffic crashes since the enactment of the Highway Safety and National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. Per vehicle mile traveled in 2005, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and 8 times more likely to be injured.

Motorcycle Accident News

 

Rubbersideup.com is a motorcycle safety resource every motorcycle rider should visit prior to each ride. It is designed to place the idea of safety at the forefront of the rider's mind - to remind them that every moment of on-road motorcycle travel can be a zero-sum event where a single second of rider distraction may result in a lifetime of consequence. A motorcycle rider who values motorcycle safety, motorcycle training and proper motorcycle maintenance and operation always remembers that the best moment of any ride - is the moment of arriving safely.