How many bike accidents have you had?

[lewis87]

How long have you been riding and how many bike accidents have you had?

I'm 23 and have been riding 4 years and have had 3 accidents. 1st accident was a 70mph highside on a track day in the rain, 2nd a 20mph lowside on gravel and my 3rd I locked the front up doing an emergency stop and broke my hand.

My dad seems to think I'm far too accident prone and should give the bikes up and my girlfriend said she would leave me if I crash again But I won't give them up. It did make me think, is that quite a lot of crashes in 4 years? How many have you had?

[MarJay]

I've been riding for 11 years, and have had three crashes. First was when I was 22, I crashed my SV650 in the wet on the motorway because I was following a bit too close to the van infront. Luckily I just had bruises and the bike was pretty much OK.

Second was on my FireBlade, which I wrecked the day after I bought it. I was on cold tyres and I turned hard into a roundabout. The back end gave way and I caught it, but then it went again and I lost it. I scraped my leg a bit as I was wearing Jeans, and the bike had bad cosmetic damage.

The third was at Snetterton on my Speed Four a straight. Still not exactly sure what happened, but I think the throttle stuck open...

All of these accidents were entirely my fault and could have been prevented. It is important that I admit that really.
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[Paulington]

I've 18, have been riding nearly 3 years and have had two accidents.

First one nearly took my life, non-fault and is documented here: https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=185399

The second one was at around 45mph, some woman in a Clio I believe changed lanes into the side of us without indicating at all, pushing the bike with me and my partner on into the pavement in the middle of the dual carriageway which sent the bike down and us rolling down the road somehow without getting ran over by a car, either of us.

Truth be told it could have been worse.
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[hellbound]

two

too fast down a country lane on my old c90 (too fast for the bend at least) started to slide on gravel so straighten up thinking I could use the grassy bank to slow down

grassy bank was actually a ditch with really tall grass in it, so into ditch I go and over the handlebars in a spectacular fasion.


and someone pulled out on me on the same bike, bike hit his front wing, I hit his door.

Bruised bum from landing and grazes on elbows from padding in jacket.
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[weasley]

I've had my bike licence 9 years. Zero accidents.
Had my car licence 22 years - one accident (not my fault).

I don't drive Miss Daisy either.

Perhaps you need to heed the warnings before the next one...?
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[lewis87]

[dogbot]

I've been riding since I was a kid (nearly 30 years), and I did most of my formative riding on mud, so more than I can count. It was sort of par for the course then. Or perhaps I wasn't very good in mud...

Two in the last 4 years, though, both low speed slips. No serious damage, luckily. Before that, a long time ago (10 years + ), but I fractured a leg (shin) bone and my wrist.

[DrDonnyBrago]

23, riding 2 years, 1 accident.


Coming up to a roundabout at about 25/30, slowed down a bit before the crash but not by much, hit a sheet of ice mid turn, both tyres went from under me and the bike slid down the road. Was so slippery I couldn't get traction to pick the bike up and several cars slid straight through and into the grass.

I broke a rib when I landed because my arm was shoved into my side.

[Jim Mc]

28, riding for 19 months, 0 accidents so far, a few hair raising moments in the first year running onto wrong side of road on tight corners and thankfully nothing coming the other way. Nothing recently.

[ryhardcastle]

22 riding 2 years. Dropped the bike once on ice and got a bit carried away during a stoppie and flipped the bike. No collisions with anything yet touch wood.

[RichieZX6R]

24, 3 accidents, riding 8 years.

First was on a scooter at 20mph turning into an industrial estate and caught a patch of black ice. Just gravel rash and a bruised ego.

Second was not long after i bought the CBR and i wasn't really used to it. Went over a man hole cover in the wet at around 25mph. Had all my gear on so i didnt get no injuries.

third was the first when a lorry had spilt loose gravel in front of me on a slip road exiting a NSL dual carriageway. Had a few stictches that time as my jacket rolled up and a tore my side (didnt have leather trousers on).
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[olionel]

been riding 4 1/2 years...

first ever off.. on 125 training.. massive handfull of the front brake at a red light panic stop (shouldve carried on)..off I go...

second off... woman jumps out in front of me.. massive handfull of the front brake... off I go... (only about 20-25mph btw)

strines road... just turned on to it from the snake pass... wall on my right.. for some reason looking at the wall rather than the road.. there is a bit it's an unexpected right turn so I sees the right turn... panics.. massive handfull of the front brake.. off I go...

see the patern emerging?... I think Ive learnt my lesson now the were all nearly 3 years + ago so hopefully that's it.
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[Rogerborg]

2 years, no accidents and no plans to have one, ever. It'd scuff my slippers, and you can never really replace a favourite pipe.

The only situation that concerns me is being caught flat-footed at 0mph by an incoming cage. There doesn't seem much that we can do about that except for visibility (and volume).
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[AL-]

26 years old, riding on the road for 9 years and have had 2 accidents

First one. 17 years old. Honda CG125

Got distracted by a young, rather attractive girl which took my attention off the road (), I turned back round to watch me clip an on coming car. I was young and naive, lucky taught me a valuable lesson

Second one. 21 years old. Yamaha R6

A car pulled out in front of me () and I ploughed into the side of him. Driver was young and hadn't long passed his test. I got off lightly with a broken wrist in a couple of places, broken finger and a cracked rib. My other half at the time come off worse than me which a shattered thumb, broken pelvis and a broken wrist. Driver admitted 100% liability

[Dave McCool]

24 and riding a year, or very nearly a year anyway.

2 accidents so far, one was a lowside on a roundabout, blaming over-confidence on tyres that weren't properly scrubbed in for that one, no real damage thanks to crash bungs, all fixed relatively cheaply, took it as a lesson learned.

Number two was being taken from behind by a mate on his bike, he had a bit of a closing speed, and when I started braking for a hazard he panic braked and lost the plot, sending him and his bike sliding towards me. His bike hit me, didn't know anything about it til I hit the deck, both slid to a stop and got up fine, no damage at all to us, which is the important thing. Both bikes written off though, but hey, you live and learn.
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[Old Git Racing]

54 y.o. riding 38 yrs, 76 offs, 11 road, 65 track.

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[pinkyfloyd]

36 yrs old and I've had 1. Fallen over a couple of times also but only 1 accident.

Not long had the 125 and riding through Belfast City center in the wet during rush hour when the car in front slammed on his brakes. I hit mine and lost the front end of the bike. Was only going about 10mph or so and the bike slid into the car in front before dropping. No damage at all and the bloke made sure I was ok and got into his car again.

Other times I just dropped the bike with no one around.
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[RichieZX6R]

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29 yrs old, 3 crashes, been riding for 7 yrs

2 x crahes filtering, both deemed non fault of mine

Other was front slid out on my GS500 on ice, had no chance!
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[angryjonny]

33. Riding 5 years. 1 minor prang when a Volvo changed lanes on me without looking. Minor cosmetic damage to both vehicles and a slightly iffy knee for a day or two.

[jimbothe]

33 years old
riding 17 years (inc. moped at 16)
1 accident.

Serious one. Hit a deer at 80, over the bars, slid a VERY long way. Would have came out a lot better if I didn't hit a tree mid roll.

3 weeks intensive, 5 weeks ward, 8 month rehab.
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[Kris]

3 in 10 years, 1 non-fault.
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[mistergixer]

Age: 36 (in 8 days time)
Not riding currently, but around 10 years experience.

Crash tally:
On road - 0
Off road - more than i care to remember, all my own fault, apart from the ones on my '82 RM125 - that thing tried to kill me, repeatedly. Loved it dearly though.


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[The Tot]

24, been riding 7 years.

3 "non-clumsy accidents" (by which I mean <5mph slips and trips)

1) Lowside on a roundabout trying too hard to get my knee down on the ZXR250 - fairing damage, broken levers and scuffed leathers. Lesson learnt - when trying for a knee down on a roundabout, recce it first to see if there there are some obvious hazards, such as an exit from a quarry with loads of dust and gravel 1/2 way through!

Age, 18

2) Lowside on a roundabout in the wet. Too much gas at too much lean angle and down I went. Traffic cops saw oil on exit so i guess lesson learnt is to SLOW down in the wet. Totalled my ZX6R - all fairings damaged and exhaust needed replacement ( would have been easier if it was a slip on system)

Age, 20

3) Blatant N00b mistake, down to poor observation and focusing too much on trying to look cool because I had my camera mounted to the pillion. Apexed a corner early which tightened on itself. Too high a gear, too fast a speed. Target fixated on the "assumed" exit of the S bend and totally ballsed it up. Bike went off roading at 30 mph into a farmers furrowed field. NOTHING damaged, but caught on camera.

Age 23

So, based on a rule of averages, I usually have an accident every 2-3 years as a result of cockiness and overconfidence. Need to get onto track and learn properly in a controlled environment.
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[t121anf]

we counting drops?

if not

2

1. july 2006, came off about about 60mph, low side slide along the road, bike went flying.
2. dec sometime ago, tried to turn on a manhole cover, back end slipped form under me.