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A hand injury sustained in a motorbike accident is often serious. As motorcyclists are not afforded the same protection provided by the sturdy shell of a car, they’re at much higher risks of suffering more serious injuries.

When we fall or encounter harm, we often instinctively use our arms to protect ourselves. For motorcyclists who are hit or about to be hit by another car, it can be natural to stretch arms out to brace for an impact, meaning arm and hand injuries are very common indeed.
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Broken legs from motorbike crashes are common. In the event of a collision, motorcyclists are not afforded a great deal of protection when compared to car drivers.

For this reason, bikers are always susceptible to more complicated and serious injuries.

In direct impact cases, motorcyclists’ legs are easily broken or crushed. Even Ewan McGregor couldn’t escape a broken leg after a freak accident back in March 2007. His advice? “Just keep your eyes in your mirrors. Bikers are vulnerable”.
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If you’ve ever ridden a motorbike you’ll know and appreciate the difficulty of avoiding accidents. The roads can prove to be quite an obstacle course. Such challenges can include potholes, stones, gravel, pedestrians, road debris and other drivers.

The latter can prove to be the most hazardous in many cases…

In the event of an accident, motorbikes are often more manoeuvrable vehicles that can be steered into safety; therefore avoiding danger. However, a swerving rider may still be unable to completely avoid an injury, so where do riders stand in this kind of scenario?
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Road rage is extremely common when driving on the roads. Although the Highway Code gives us a comprehensive set of rules and guidance for safe driving, in practice, not all road users choose to follow it correctly. Whilst it’s fine to click your tongue or frown at poor driving from fellow road users, road rage is not only bad for your blood pressure levels, but it can also actually lead to serious accidents.

And bikers are, as always, often at greater risk of serious harm…
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Yamaha is recalling a number of their models after concerns that handlebars have a tendency to loosen.

This poses an obvious and dangerous risk of riders losing control if the handlebars do come loose during a ride. The fault is thought to lie with a couple of manufacturing issues, including paint application and the thread-locking agent being improperly applied. Whilst the bike is in use, engine vibrations could loosen the bolts that attach the handlebar to the body of the motorcycle.
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There are genuine incidents where it can be hard for drivers to see whether there are any dangers ahead in the road. There are driveways on busy roads that are masked by hedges or walls where the field of view for the driver is severely restricted.

This is why motorcyclists being hit by a driver emerging from a driveway is a common type of accident.

So is there ever a genuine defence for the driver if this happens? What if they really can’t see the road ahead?
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The Torc T55.2 motorcycle half-helmet has been recalled by manufacturers after concerns they can come off in the event of a crash.

Manufacturer H&H Sports Protection issued a recall with regulators in March 2017 for 7,506 potentially dangerous helmets which may be unsafe as they may not stay securely fastened to the rider’s head during a collision; potentially rendering a motorcyclist vulnerable to serious head injuries that could have otherwise been prevented or reduced in severity.
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Award-winning biker brand Harley-Davidson are recalling 57,000 motorbikes worldwide as a result of an oil line defect!

From what we know, 57,000 motorbikes are having a recall as there’s a danger of an oil line becoming loose which could spew oil into the path of the rear tire. This could cause accidents for obvious reasons, so we want all bikers to be wary of this issue and check with Harley if they need to and make sure all bikes are safe to ride.
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A car dashboard camera captures a heart stopping moment when a police motorbike swerves from the inside lane to the outside lane, in to the path of a driver.

Watch the full footage below and you can’t help but edge away from the screen as the flashing motorbike rapidly approaches and almost ends up in a crash with the car.
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Far too often we see crashes involving motorcyclist and buses; essentially one of the smallest and one of the largest motor vehicles on the roads. In more recent years, motorcyclists have been permitted to use bus lanes in specific areas because motorcycles in bus lanes reduces congestion, and as they are smaller, they don’t contribute to congestion as much as cars do therefore don’t really affect the reliability of buses

However, being a biker and driving in a bus lane doesn’t come without its risks. It takes one missed indication signal or a bus driver failing to spot a biker to cause a potentially catastrophic collision.
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