About 800 young motorcyclists up to the age of 24 are injured in road accidents every year on average (more than two injured every day), according to data from the Or Yerok association based on the CBS data. 24 young motorcyclists are killed in road accidents on average each year, with 31 motorcyclists and scooter riders Young people were killed in road accidents in 2023 - a figure about 30% higher than the annual average. The data also shows that 185 young riders are killed on average each year in road accidents.
374 young motorcycle and scooter riders (up to the age of 24) were injured in road accidents in 2023 in cities and towns - one rider injured in a road accident every day on average. The data shows that 14 young riders were killed in road accidents in cities in 2023, 130 were seriously injured.
Attorney Yaniv Yaakov, CEO of the Green Or Association:
The Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety must improve the training process for young riders. The planned cut in the money directed to traffic education in the schools may be considered a cry for generations and cost all of us very dearly.
The victims in Haifa
28 young motorcycle and scooter riders (up to the age of 24) were injured in traffic accidents in Haifa in 2023, nine were seriously injured. 296 young motorcycle and scooter riders were injured in road accidents in the last decade in the city (2023-2014), six of them were killed.
31 young motorcycle and scooter riders were killed in road accidents in 2023
The share of young cyclists killed is almost five times greater than their share of the dead riders. About 50 thousand young license holders (up to the age of 24) for motorcycles and scooters are registered in Israel, which make up about 8% of all license holders for motorcycles and scooters. 31 young motorcycle and scooter riders were killed in traffic accidents in 2023, which accounted for 38% of all riders killed in that year, almost five times more than their share in the rider's tombstone.
The worst in Europe - Israel is the deadliest country for motorcyclists of all ages
A report published by the European Road Safety Council (ETSC) indicates that for a decade (2021-2011) Israel had the highest average annual increase among European countries - a figure that places Israel in last and worst place among the EU countries. The average annual change among European countries in the rate of riders Fatalities in the decade (2021-2011) were estimated to decrease by 2%, while in Israel there was a 6% increase in the number of cyclists killed on the annual average - the largest increase among European countries. Most European countries showed a decrease in the number of fatal cyclists.
27 motorcycle and scooter riders have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of 2024, with nine of the dead riders being young people under the age of 24 - 33% of all riders killed since the beginning of the year.
This is because they drive wildly and recklessly. They also improve their motorcycles.