Petrol Spice
10-03-2010, 05:17 PM
Taken from AMCN Vol. 59 No.17 March 3-16 March 2010 page 9.
The motorcycle road toll has continued to fall, according to figures release by the Federal Government for January 2010.
AMCN reported last issue that the 2009 rider toll was down nice percent on 2008, and now the rolling 12 month toll for the period February 2009 to January 2010 is down 10.6 percent on the previous 12 month figure, an improvement of 1.6 percentage points.
Male rider fatalities were down 8.7 percent for the period(229 to 220) while female rider deaths were down 35.3 percent (17 to 11).
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The drop in rider and pillion fatalities had bucked the trend in other road user groups, which have all experienced increases for the same period. Driver deaths were up seven percent for February 2009 to January 2010, with passenger fatalities (+9.2%) cyclists(+13.8%) and pedestrians(+6.8%) also experiencing increases. The total road toll for February 2009 to January 2010 was up 4.6 percent.
The downturn in motorcycle-related fatalities is having a positive impact on the five-year annual average, which is now down to +1.8 percent. In 2009, the five-year percentage change was up 2.4 percent.
In Victoria, the rolling annual rider toll as of 24 February was 37, five down on the previous 12 months. The average five-year rider toll in Victoria is 45.
[edit Petrol - having lived and ridden in Victoria for a while it doesn't surprise me that it's 45 per year. One, your average rider is mad in Victoria and the drivers of Cars are bordering on Criminally insane. Of course that's just my opinion and worth about 25 cents]
The motorcycle road toll has continued to fall, according to figures release by the Federal Government for January 2010.
AMCN reported last issue that the 2009 rider toll was down nice percent on 2008, and now the rolling 12 month toll for the period February 2009 to January 2010 is down 10.6 percent on the previous 12 month figure, an improvement of 1.6 percentage points.
Male rider fatalities were down 8.7 percent for the period(229 to 220) while female rider deaths were down 35.3 percent (17 to 11).
[edit petrol "here's the best bit"]
The drop in rider and pillion fatalities had bucked the trend in other road user groups, which have all experienced increases for the same period. Driver deaths were up seven percent for February 2009 to January 2010, with passenger fatalities (+9.2%) cyclists(+13.8%) and pedestrians(+6.8%) also experiencing increases. The total road toll for February 2009 to January 2010 was up 4.6 percent.
The downturn in motorcycle-related fatalities is having a positive impact on the five-year annual average, which is now down to +1.8 percent. In 2009, the five-year percentage change was up 2.4 percent.
In Victoria, the rolling annual rider toll as of 24 February was 37, five down on the previous 12 months. The average five-year rider toll in Victoria is 45.
[edit Petrol - having lived and ridden in Victoria for a while it doesn't surprise me that it's 45 per year. One, your average rider is mad in Victoria and the drivers of Cars are bordering on Criminally insane. Of course that's just my opinion and worth about 25 cents]