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Three motorcycle crashes on Hawkes Bay roads per week on average 13 Mar, 2021 08:18 PM 3 minutes to read The scene of a motorcycle crash on SH2, near Te Hauke, in October 2020. Photo / Warren Buckland Close to three motorcycle crashes occur on Hawkes Bay roads on average per week – resulting in more than $17.8m in ACC compensation in five years. Between 2015 and 2019, there were 736 motorcycle crashes in Hawkes Bay. These crashes cost ACC more than $17.8m to help people reco...

Breaks my heart: 2020 equal-deadliest year for motorcyclists in NZ in 25 years Newshub 25/01/2021 Caley Callahan © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Images Watch: 2020 equal-deadliest year for motorcyclists in New Zealand in 25 years. 2020 was the equal-deadliest year for motorcyclists on New Zealand roads in 25 years. Thats the grim picture from the Ministry of Transports provisional data that reveals 57 riders and passengers didnt make it home last year. It goes down as the ...

Sergeant Peter Sowter of the Wellington serious crash unit says the figures make for poor reading. "Breaks my heart in some ways when Im reading the files to see that it just needs a small adjustment in attitude, a small adjustment in speed," he says. Its those adjustments that police say could save lives. But with more motorcycles on our roads than ever before, safety advocates warn riders need a high level of skill.  "So if youve taken time away [from riding], theres a good chance youre not ...