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Originally Posted by bananana
66% of motorcycle related accidents caused by drivers. The most common of these is rear-ender.
Source: Professor Harry Hurt. "HURT Report." (1981) University of South Carolina.
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Where are you reading that? From wikipedia
List of findings in the Hurt Report
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9. The most frequent accident configuration is the motorcycle proceeding straight then the automobile makes a left turn in front of the oncoming motorcycle.
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17. The typical motorcycle pre-crash lines-of-sight to the traffic hazard portray no contribution of the limits of peripheral vision; more than three fourths of all accident hazards are within 45° of either side of straight ahead.
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Reading the rest of the findings the rider seems to play a significant factor in accidents as well. Not so much direct responsibility, but in the ability to avoid putting themselves in unsafe situations or in their ability to avoid an accident.
I also have to question any claims that something is being pushed to improve rider safety when 75+% of the riders I see are only wearing a helmet, with no other safety gear (yes I actually kept loose track of this for a while) and a lot of those aren't even proper helmets. I'm sure at least some of the people pushing for this wear AGTATT, but I have a feeling quite a few of them don't.