Motorcycle accident compensation claims are far too common notwithstanding increased safety features on most bikes. The main problem is the fact the as technology has advance both safety and power have improved balancing one another out whereas the human physique has remained remarkably stable. Evolution for bikes takes just a decade or so whereas human evolution takes millennia. The effect of this is that there are slightly less accidents and collisions per capita of riders than in the past but those that do occur are more likely to be fatal than in the past. We’ve all seen the memorial flowers at the side of country roads and almost without exception these mark the place where a biker died.
Every year over 25,000 people are seriously injured in bike accidents and about 10 riders die on our roads every week. Most motorcycle accident compensation claims are against the drivers of cars who fail to see the biker on the road. There are many other indisputable facts relating to bike accidents
- Over 50% of accidents involve a collision with a car or involve avoidance tactics and a subsequent crash.
- Most accidents occur at road junctions on a short trip, close to home, at speeds less than 30mph.
- More than 25% of accidents involve no other vehicle and half of those are the fault of the rider.
- Mechanical failure, inclement weather, road defects and animals are responsible for less than 10% of accidents
- Riders between the ages of 17 and 24 are most at risk
- Large capacity motorcycles are generally safer but accident injuries are more severe
Quite a number of riders are injured as a result of potholes or gravel on the road and whilst it is a difficult action it is sometimes possible to make motor accident compensation claims against a local authority or against the highway authority depending on the class of the road. Those in charge of highways (and pavements) are required by law to have a satisfactory inspection regime to ensure that the surface of the road is acceptable. The inspection intervals are not fixed and are dependent on usage and volumes of traffic. A country lane will need inspecting much less often than a main road. If the there is an inadequate inspection (and subsequent repair) regime then a claim against the local authority or against the highway authority stands a good chance of success. Similar application has also on occasions been successful regarding ice on the roads and these regulations also apply to spillages that have been notified to the relevant authority who have been tardy in rectifying the problem.
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