According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, or RoSPA, motorcyclists make up 1% of all road traffic but account for around 18% of deaths on the road.
Motorbike riders have a higher ‘crash and injury rate’ than occupants of other vehicles, partly because they are more vulnerable to dangerous road conditions and less visible on the road.
When an accident occurs, the motorcyclist or pillion passenger doesn’t have the benefit of the airbags, seat belts or impact-absorbing crumple zone of other vehicles. In a road accident, motorcyclists are around 75 times more likely than car drivers to suffer death or serious injury, such as traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, major trauma and amputation. Where the accident was wholly or partly somebody else’s fault, the injured biker may be entitled to substantial compensation.
Our personal injury team are experts in serious injury road traffic accident (RTA) claims arising out of motorbike or moped accidents, whether the accident took place here or on holiday abroad. We have secured rehabilitation and recovered compensation for countless motorcyclists and pillion passengers after road accidents left them with serious injury and life-changing disability. For many, compensation is the lifeline which provides the care and therapies, adaptations to home and vehicles, prosthetics (artificial limbs after amputation) and financial support that is needed to restore independence and rebuild their lives.