A. Front wheel skids, causing loss of control
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What is the major cause of motorcycle crashes at intersections? What is the major cause of motorcycle crashes at intersections?
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B. Rear wheels skids, causing loss of control
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C. Another vehicle pulling into the motorbike's path
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D. Driver fatigue
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The correct answer is CA vehicle making a turn across a motorcycle's path or pulling out from a side street are the most common causes of crashes involving motorbikes.
The biggest cause of motorcycle accidents at intersections
A vehicle making a turn across a motorcycle's path or pulling out from a side street are the most common causes of crashes involving motorbikes. This is why staying as visible as possible is essential. Drivers often miss motorcyclists because:
- they don't look twice
- the motorcyclist is lost in the driver's saccade (a fraction of a second where a driver is blind because of the movement of the eyes)
- the motorcyclist is in the driver's blind spot because of something on the side of the road like a parked vehicle, or the driver's A pillar (the pillar between the door and windscreen) obscure them
- the motorcyclist was travelling too fast for the conditions and the other vehicle didn't have enough time to get across the intersection in the visible clear space of road
- the motorcyclist wasn't visible enough (dark clothing, no headlight)
- sun strike or other weather-related visibility issues
75% of motorbike accidents are with another vehicle and 98% of those result in injury to the motorcyclist (45% of them, seriously).
Motorcyclists can ensure they are more visible to other drivers by changing their road position to give the other drivers the maximum visibility possible. This includes moving towards the middle of the road when a driver is approaching from a T intersection from the left and moving to the left of the road when a driver is approaching from a T intersection from the right.