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Who comes up with this crap. These people get funding to state the obvious. My extensive research has indicated that bikes come in different colors!
PS: Sorry if it's a repost.
Motorcycle face highest risks: research
9th October 2007, 21:19 WST
Motorcyclists are getting hurt more often than other road users, new research by two federal government organisations has found.
More than 5,000 motorcyclists were put in hospital in 2003-04 because of road crashes compared with 15,769 car occupants, research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau found.
But the institute's Jesia (Jesia) Berry said motorcyclists were getting injured more often than car drivers.
"We found that the rate of serious injury in terms of vehicle kilometres travelled was 34 times higher for motorcyclists than car occupants," Ms Berry told AAP.
"Motorcyclists are having a lot more injuries for the same distance travelled."
The research also found almost 50,000 people ended up in hospital because of vehicle crashes across the country.
On average the 46,862 who were hospitalised spent 4.6 days in hospital, contributing to a total of 214,484 hospital bed days.
The research also found males were more likely to be injured.
"Males had more than twice the rate of non-fatal injury, 320 per 100,000 population compared to 149 for females," Ms Berry said.
Report author Louise Flood said young people were the demographic most likely to be involved in an accident with a train.
"Serious injury rates involving train accidents were highest among youth and young adults," Dr Flood said.
PS: Sorry if it's a repost.
Motorcycle face highest risks: research
9th October 2007, 21:19 WST
Motorcyclists are getting hurt more often than other road users, new research by two federal government organisations has found.
More than 5,000 motorcyclists were put in hospital in 2003-04 because of road crashes compared with 15,769 car occupants, research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau found.
But the institute's Jesia (Jesia) Berry said motorcyclists were getting injured more often than car drivers.
"We found that the rate of serious injury in terms of vehicle kilometres travelled was 34 times higher for motorcyclists than car occupants," Ms Berry told AAP.
"Motorcyclists are having a lot more injuries for the same distance travelled."
The research also found almost 50,000 people ended up in hospital because of vehicle crashes across the country.
On average the 46,862 who were hospitalised spent 4.6 days in hospital, contributing to a total of 214,484 hospital bed days.
The research also found males were more likely to be injured.
"Males had more than twice the rate of non-fatal injury, 320 per 100,000 population compared to 149 for females," Ms Berry said.
Report author Louise Flood said young people were the demographic most likely to be involved in an accident with a train.
"Serious injury rates involving train accidents were highest among youth and young adults," Dr Flood said.
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