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06-12-11, 01:43 AM

1659 KSI's not deaths.

This is every bike accident in the UK for the last 10 years, compared against an estimate of the number of miles travelled by every biker in the UK for the last 10 years, used to create a KSI figure per billion miles travelled.

Bikes travel a billion miles they have 1659 KSI's, if they travel 5 billion they have 8295 KSI's

Cars travel a billion miles they have 27 KSI's, if they travel 5 billion they have 135 KSI's

The odds are still pretty low, and even lower in terms of the chance of dying, but the number of miles an average biker travels, or the fact there are more cars than bikes doing more miles, does absolutely nothing to change the statistic. It is measured as an average over a fixed number of miles, the same number for both types of vehicle.

06-12-11, 01:43 AM	#10
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Quite Sobering 1659 KSI's not deaths. This is every bike accident in the UK for the last 10 years, compared against an estimate of the number of miles travelled by every biker in the UK for the last 10 years, used to create a KSI figure per billion miles travelled. Bikes travel a billion miles they have 1659 KSI's, if they travel 5 billion they have 8295 KSI's Cars travel a billion miles they have 27 KSI's, if they travel 5 billion they have 135 KSI's The odds are still pretty low, and even lower in terms of the chance of dying, but the number of miles an average biker travels, or the fact there are more cars than bikes doing more miles, does absolutely nothing to change the statistic. It is measured as an average over a fixed number of miles, the same number for both types of vehicle. Last edited by -Ralph-; 06-12-11 at 01:48 AM.