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<p>In the forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement, motorcyclists are one of the
priority groups that the Department will be addressing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In
2017, there were 124 accidents involving a motorcyclist and a car in which the Contributory
Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated by a police officer to
the car driver; and 661 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider.
There were no accidents involving a motorcyclist and a HGV, in which the Contributory
Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated to the HGV driver; and
17 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider.</p>
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