Devon County Council

Motorcyclists represent approximately 2% of Devon’s traffic but 25% of fatal casualties in the County. There were 312 collisions involving motorcyclists in 2004 resulting in 314 motorcycle rider or passenger casualties (14 fatal, 56 serious and 244 slight).

Briefly the trend in motorcycle casualties since 1999 looks like this:

Motorcycle Casualties	Fatal	Serious	Slight
1994-98 Average	8	93	236
1999	9	83	233
2000	12	73	242
2001	10	75	300
2002	12	88	236
2003	10	84	257
2004	14	56	244

There are three ways to examine motorcycle casualty figures for Devon in more depth:

• A detailed examination of five years of casualty reports was undertaken and published in 2003 by Devon County Council.  The executive summary is available on this site and the full report is also available for you to download.  Go to the Motorcycle Safety Research pages for more information.
• A summary of the 2004 casualty figures (32KB - pdf help), including a commentary, can be downloaded here.  It includes a chart showing motorcycle casualties since 1999 against a backdrop of motorcycle ownership over the same period.
• If you are doing your own research on motorcycle casualties, or for any other road user, you can visit the general Road Safety Statistics pages from which you can request the casualty data in which you are most interested.