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A highsider or high-side is a type of motorcycle accident characterized by sudden and violent rotation of the bike around its longitudinal axis. This generally happens when the rear wheel loses traction, skids, and then suddenly regains traction, causing the rider to be thrown head-first from the side of the motorcycle or over the handlebars.
The most recent large-scale study of motorcycle accidents is the MAIDS report carried out in five European countries in 1999 to 2000, using the rigorous OECD standards, including a statistically significant sample size of over 900 crash incidents and over 900 control cases.
A 39-year-old Providence man died in a motorcycle crash Monday ... Alexander Pena was riding with a friend on another motorcycle when he "accelerated at a high rate of speed" and lost control ...
The motorcyclist drove into the intersection at a high rate of speed and crashed into a dark-colored sedan that was in motion, killing the rider and the driver, Garcia said.
Presumably, the crash was caused by front brake failure. The 36-year-old motorcycle parts shop owner died instantly of major head injuries. [46] [47] Neil Bonnett: February 11, 1994 Car NASCAR: Daytona 500: Practice Bonnett's Chevrolet Lumina swerved when coming off turn four, slid onto the apron, went up the banking, and crashed into the wall ...
The fatal crash is the eighth on Whatcom County roadways so far in 2022, according to WSDOT’s Crash Data Portal, after there were 15 crashes resulting in 18 deaths in 2021. Half of Whatcom’s ...
The median pre-crash speed was 29.8 mph, and the median crash speed was 21.5 mph, and the one-in-a-thousand crash speed is approximately 86 mph- The typical motorcycle pre-crash lines-of-sight to the traffic hazard portray no contribution of the limits of peripheral vision; more than three fourths of all accident hazards are within 45° of ...
Days of fatal motorcycle crashes Roughly a day later, Jordan Farrell was riding his motorcycle when a pickup struck him at East Raymond Street and South Sherman Avenue. The 25-year-old died in the ...