Bikes and scooters: decrease in accidents 2022
STATISTICS According to the latest surveys by the Federal Roads Office, fewer motorcycle and scooter accidents were recorded in Swiss road traffic last year.
But: In the past year, there have been our country as a whole more fatal traffic accidents. 241 people died (previous year 200) and 4002 were seriously injured (+ 69). The striking increase from 65 to 87 killed occupants of passenger cars is striking, and the numbers of accidents involving e-bikes are also on the rise.
In contrast to the upward trend for passenger cars and bicycles, motorized two-wheelers show a slightly decreasing trend: 46 people died, one person less than in 2021, and the number of people seriously injured decreased from 1067 to 1063 people.
Effect of technical aids
Thanks to the increasingly better standard equipment of motorcycles and scooters with technical aids such as ABS and traction control, as well as solid basic training, the numbers have almost halved within the last 15 years, especially in terms of fatalities, although at the same time the number of motorcycles registered has increased from 250,000 to around 500,000.
New driving license regulation
Contrary to fears, the first two years since the introduction of the new driving license regulation "125 cc from 16 years of age" on January 1, 2021 did not bring a dramatic increase in the number of accidents. Although the figures have doubled within this time, the number of new registrations in this class has increased fivefold at the same time.
Equally encouraging are the effects of the abolition of direct entry into the performance-unrestricted upper class from the age of 25, which will be introduced in 2021. Over the past two years, the number of accidents among new and returning drivers in the 25 to 44 and 45 to 64 age groups has fallen significantly.
