Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
According to bare statistics, an hour of riding a bike is about equal in danger of death as an hour of driving a car. According to the same statistics, riding a motorcycle is about 30 times the risk of death of driving or cycling.
Yup. I was originally thinking about statistics based on motorcycle ownership that I had recently seen when I first posted my note regarding frequency of accidents for cars v motorcycles v bicycles. I've since adjusted my data...
FWIW: If you drill down on the motorcycle statistics using "per hour of exposure" or "miles ridden" instead of using the number of motorcycles licensed and owned as part of the equation you find that riding a motorcyle makes you twice as likely to be involved in an accident than if you drove a car. If that's not bad enough, you're six times more likely to be injuried as a result of those accidents than a motorist, and four times more likely to be killed.