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Motorcycle casualties 'generally decreasing'
New statistics reveal that the number of motorcycle casualties on the UK's roads has fallen, motorbike insurance customers will be glad to learn.
The Department for Transport's Road Casualties Great Britain Annual Report shows that the overall casualty rate decreased by six per cent last year compared with figures in 2006.
Kevin Bryan, Motorcycle Rider Training Association (MRTA) chairman, says: "The MRTA is far from complacent, and the hard work will continue to further improve the quality of training and road user education to ensure these safety improvements are continued."
He adds that "safer and better trained drivers" are welcomed into the motorcycling community.
The casualty rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres has been falling yearly from an average of 621 between 1994 and 1998 to 420 in 2007, representing a 32 per cent decrease.
Slight casualties were also down 34 per cent against the government's 2010 target for a ten per cent reduction across all modes, also offering comfort to motorbike insurance customers.
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