While reductions in speed limits have no doubt had a positive effect in reducing the number of motorbike accidents on the roads in recent years, some believe that a lot more can be done to make roads safer, most notably improvements to the roads themselves.
Swinton motorbike insurance have suggested in a press release that improvements such as bend tightening, manholes being moved to better locations and better signage and sightlines at junctions would help greatly reduce the number of accidents involving motorbikes. Governments statistics even show that the majority of crashes are caused by poor road conditions and design, rather than speed as is often believed.
Obviously it would be unfeasible to have a complete overhaul of the UK road system, but slight improvements in key areas might help to achieve drastic reductions in motorbike accidents and motorbike insurance claims.
