How many fatalities and serious road injuries are there among motorcyclists in the Netherlands?

In 2015 there were 47 road deaths among motorcyclists, 7.6% of the total number of road deaths (621) in the Netherlands in 2015. The number of road deaths among motorcyclists fluctuates (Figure 1), but, overall, this number has been declining. Over the past 10 years the number of road deaths among motorcyclists declined with an average of 4.5% per year. The number of serious road injuries among motorcyclists in 2015 is unknown. Since 2009, when their number was about 1,300, it has not been possible to reliably determine this number (see also SWOV Fact sheet Serious road injuries in the Netherlands).

Figure 1. The real number of road deaths among motorcyclists (Source: CBS Statline)