Did you know that Malaysia has the highest number of registered motorcycles in the world, with over 13 million registered motorcycles as of 2023?
Additionally, motorcycle accidents are a major concern in Malaysia, accounting for the majority of fatal and serious injury incidents in workplaces.
Cause of Accident Source: Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan & András Várhelyi, (2012) found that there are 3 major type of road accident involving motorcyclist in Malaysia. The highest is collisions with passenger car at percentage of 28 %. The other two type with same percentage i.e. 25 % is single motorcycle accident and collisions with other motorcycle.
Percentage of Motorcycle Fatality by Gender & Licence Type Source: Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan & András Várhelyi, (2012)
Motorcycle Lane Source: Google Image Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan & András Várhelyi, (2012) presented that the highest fatality cases involved motorcyclist happened in rural area (61%) and only 8% in city area. Further analysis also found that 62% of fatalities occurred on primary road/motorway and 20% in residential area. The other factor that may contribute to road accident is the weather, daytime or night time and traffic condition. Based on road accident data from year 2000 until 2009, fatality cases involved motorcyclist is higher in the evening (after working hour) from 4.00 pm until 10.00 pm and maybe due to fatigue (Muhammad Marizwan Abdul Manan & András Várhelyi, 2012).
Loss Due to Accident
This has led to increased efforts by the government to promote safe riding practices and improve road safety for motorcyclists. Here are one of the many research you can look into: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861834/
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