Motorcycle Safety Roundtable in Sydney today | Australian Markets

The Minns Labor Government is constant work to scale back the New South Wales street toll and scale back the tragic influence of street trauma on communities throughout the state, with street security specialists and advocates gathering in Sydney today for a Motorcycle Safety Roundtable.

Sadly, the quantity of motorcyclists dying on New South Wales roads has hit a ten yr high, with 16 more people dying on a bike in 2024 in comparison with 2023.

The New South Wales Government has today convened a roundtable with the intention of higher understanding why more bike riders have died and to discover potential steps that may be taken to save lots of lives.

Topics on the agenda embody enhancements to the Motorcycle Graduated Licensing Scheme, modern street infrastructure security measures, vehicle security and more use of protecting gear.

Attendees embody the Motorcycle Council of NSW, Motorcycling NSW, the Australian Automobile Association, the NSW Police Force, Stay Upright, NRMA, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Deakin University, Monash University Accident Research Centre and ANCAP.

Motorcycles make up simply 3.8 per cent of registered automobiles in NSW however accounted for nearly 20 per cent of deaths on New South Wales roads in 2024. Over the last decade 2014-2023, a whole of 590 fatalities concerned bike riders or their passengers, with younger people over-represented.

Hospitalisations of motorcyclists additionally elevated by 10 per cent in the 12 months to June 2024, with 2,846 motorcyclists admitted to hospital. This is 248 more than the earlier 12 months.

Data reveals:

•Fatality dangers are highest during the early levels of a rider’s licensing journey—significantly during the learner, P1, and P2 licence phases
•Deaths amongst younger riders aged 16–25 have surged, rising from 12 in 2023 to 21 in 2024
•Over the previous decade, 87 per cent of bike crashes occurred in nice climate, with probably the most common kind of crash involving riders operating off the street on a curve

Today’s roundtable follows the NSW Government internet hosting the state’s first Road Safety Forum in 2024 and is one other plank in the Minns Labor Government’s work to construct a safer New South Wales, together with:

•Turning on seatbelt enforcement by the prevailing cell phone digital camera detection community
•Removing a loophole to drive all motorists driving on a overseas licence to transform to a NSW licence within six months
•The demerit return trial that rewarded more than 1 million drivers for sustaining a demerit-offence-free driving report during the second yr of the trial

•Doubling roadside enforcement websites used for cellular velocity cameras, with the addition of 2,700 new areas the place a digital camera might be deployed. Enforcement hours will stay the identical
•Signed the National Road Safety Data Agreement with the Commonwealth

Minister for Roads, Jenny Aitchison MP stated:

“Motorcycles make up just 3.8 per cent of registered vehicles in NSW, yet they accounted for nearly 20 per cent of road deaths last year – a significant over-representation. Modelling suggests that motorcyclists will make up 30% of road deaths by 2050.

“I am confident this roundtable will help identify further road safety measures we can move ahead with.

“I am delighted that there has been a strong response from stakeholders to the roundtable, which is being coordinated on behalf of the NSW Government by the Centre for Road Safety, bringing together rider groups, safety experts, academics, and government agencies.

“Research shows injury risk to the part of the body protected can be reduced by more than 40% by wearing gloves and boots – a $50 pair of gloves can make a huge difference.

“Every life lost on the roads is one too many. We know we can do more to protect all road users—especially our most vulnerable. That’s why we’re holding this roundtable—to listen, to learn, and to act.”

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