Racing Accidents

TWR · Dec 3, 2013

Good Day Fellow Ducatista,

Is it just me, or have there been an unusually high amount of fatalities in Racing?

Why could this be? New and extreme levels of engineering and technology being incorporated in to motorcycles?

In what way can the spot improve from a safety standpoint?

Just wanted to hear people's opinions in regards to this matter.

outhouse · Dec 3, 2013

It has always ran in cycles.

When I was young I was told mortality rates were around 10% dont know if thats accurate or not.

wilkson · Dec 3, 2013

TWR said:
Good Day Fellow Ducatista,

Is it just me, or have there been an unusually high amount of fatalities in Racing?

Why could this be? New and extreme levels of engineering and technology being incorporated in to motorcycles?

In what way can the spot improve from a safety standpoint?

Just wanted to hear people's opinions in regards to this matter.

None of the above. I personally have not seen this but if rider safety needs to be improved it needs to be from race officials better rider briefing smaller grids track conditions and run off to start with .

fireman1251 · Dec 3, 2013

Back in the 50's and 60's, the rate of attrition was much higher than today. My Dad was a big racing fan and I remember deaths being a weekly occurrence, F1 and bikes combined.

Here in the USA, the Indy 500 claimed it's share of lives. Don't know about stock car racing because I grew up in Switzerland but looking at the rigs they raced back then, crashing must not have been fun.

Fuel cells helped a lot, lot's of F1 drivers burned to death and many have escaped narrowly with severe burns ( Lauda).

kope999R · Dec 3, 2013

don't think that racing has been safer than today.. especially cars have been almost cleared from fatal accidents and major injury... i remember a doc on the killer sixties in F1 with Jacky Stewart saying the it took him 27 funerals before a riders association was formed to demand safer tracks..

he said after he had been laying on his head for 10 minutes after an off at SPA (!) next race he ducktaped a spanner to his wheel to be able to take it off...

as to bikes, if you look at all the crashes that happen, it still remains freakish for someone to get killed.. SIC, now ROMBONI, the guy in Russia, ... pritty bad luck , damn it...

TWR · Dec 3, 2013

What exactly happened to Romboni? All I have read is that he had an off and ended up dying.

This season LaMarra had an off that nearly claimed his life and so did "Toro" Mr. Checa.

I was thinking of how technology is advancing and everything is just getting lighter and faster. Usually when this is the case how can the human body physically keep up?
With cars and bikes becoming faster and faster, wouldn't freakish occurrences happen more and more? I agree Kope, "Damn it"

outhouse · Dec 3, 2013

Someone ran him over/ contact with another bike

turnone · Dec 3, 2013

Seems that the most likely way to die is to get hit in the neck. It's exposed and obviously a risk of spinal cord injury.

Way safer than ever for all types of racing. Let's hope sit bag suits get cheaper and more expansive coverage around the neck.

TWR · Dec 4, 2013

I agree maybe the grids need to be a bit smaller. Maybe the overall format of how races are held in motorcycle racing need to be revised to improve rider safety. It's not really fun to watch people get hurt, for me it personally takes away from the experience of riding motorcycles.

Again, prices should be reduced for bag suits. Companies should care more about how they can keep riders safe and save lives vs. charging extra for technological advancements in safety.

The kid who was killed in Russia saw the same fate. Fell off the bike and the two following bikes hit him.

Capt CF · Dec 4, 2013

The kid who was killed in Russia saw the same fate. Fell off the bike and the two following bikes hit him.

Same with Andrea Antonelli in SBK earlier this year, but I think visibility played a factor since the trailing riders probably couldn't see him in the spray when he went down.

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