Ireland: The Luck Of The Irish Ran Out - Motorcycle Fatalities

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Ireland: The Luck Of The Irish Ran Out - Motorcycle Fatalities

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Ireland-Motorcycle-fatal-10yr.jpg" width="100" height="36" title="Ireland Motorcycle fatal 10yr" alt="Ireland Motorcycle fatal 10yr" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="112" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/flags/ei-flag.gif" width="109" height="55" title="Ireland flag" alt="Ireland flag" border="0"></a></td></tr></table>#ireland #Statistics #Mag #Motorcycles - The famous luck of the Irish seems to have run out according to the latest statistics. At least, the luck of Irish motorcycle riders. Over the last few years, motorcycle related deaths have been increasing, bucking the 10 year trend.<br><br>

The graph clearly shows that the last 10 years, motorcycle fatalities have been steadily decreasing, until 2011. Now, every year, they have been increasing again.<br><br>

According to the local police, the Garda, 4 out 5 fatal accidents involve an another vehicle, usually a car. 52% of the accidents occurred on Saturday or Sunday afternoon, with July being the worst month of the year. 75% of the fatal accidents where on regional or local roads, i.e., bikers going for a weekend spin in the country.<br><br>

The Irish police are asking all car drivers to pay more attention to motorcycle riders during the summer months. So Irish bikers should not ride their motorcycles on country roads on weekends in July....<br><br> ...

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