Sportsbikes account for the highest death rate and for over 25% fatalities among bikers as per a study by IIHS. With eye-popping acceleration, superb manuverability and stopping power combined with the most powerful engines developing maximum bhp per tonne, superbikes or supersport bikes as they are sometimes called have been identified as practically racing coffins by the IIHS report.
These bikes are race machines built for tracks, modified for street use and sold to customers most of whom fall under 30 yrs age bracket and most of them are novices in handling these powerful beasts.
The report mentions doubling of accidental deaths in USA over the past decade with 25% deaths among sportsbike riders who account for merely 10% of all bikers in US.
In an analysis of deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycles, supersport drivers had a death rate of 22.6 in 2000 and 22.5 in 2005. Sport and unclad sport bikes, which are similar to supersports, had the next highest death rates at 10.8 for 2000 and 10.7 for 2005. Death rates for other types of motorcycles were much lower.
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