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Steady Rise in
Cycle Casualties
• Colonel C. W. Woodson, Jr., Superintendent of State Police and Chairman of the Governor’s Highway Safety Committee today again called attention to the steady rise in traffic casualties involving motorcycles. In 1964, he said, there were 11 fatal crashes involving motorcycles, 332 crashes involving personal injury and 94 involving property damage only. In 1965, the respective totals climbed to 18, 734 and 212. Last year they were up to 23, 1,116 and 282. Here, Colonel Woodson called attention to the low percentage of crashes involving property damage only. “In a collision or non-collision crash involving a motorcycle, the cyclist has small chance of escaping death or injury and this is one reason why the motorcycle mileage death rate is estimated to be from 20.0 to 40.0, as opposed to 5.2 for all motor vehicles in Virginia last year," he added. Colonel Woodson gave the following items of advice for motorcycle riders: 1. Always wear a helmet. Most motorcycle injuries are to the head and serious. It is estimated that a helmet reduces the risk of death by two-thirds. 2. Equip motorcycles with crash bars on the sides and wear heavy protective clothing for the arms and legs. 3. Learn to operate a motorcycle skillfully before entering traffic. It looks easy, but it isn’t. A recent survey showed that 20 percent of 123 injured were operating a motorcycle for the first or second time. Seventy percent had either borrowed or rented the motorcycle. 4. Keep your motorcycle irf good mechanical condition, Virginia requires that they undergo semi-annual inspection and the State Police are now arresting those who do not comply. 5. Obey all traffic rules and
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