Motorcycle Accident?
August 19, 2010
A European study of 921 motorcycle accidents reports that you have got a 60% chance of a car being your collision partner during an accident.
The study did not indicate what the caused the accident but only indicated who the collision partner was and in 60% of cases, a car was the collision partner. The collision partner breakdown is as follows: 9% roadway, 8.4% Truck/SUV/Bus, 8% Fixed object (sign post, tree), 6.9% another motorcycle or scooter, 2.7% parked vehicle, 2.5% nothing, 2.1% bicycle/pedestrian, 0.3% animal.
The study has been produced from data taken from accidents in Italy, Holland, Germany, France and Spain.