🔎 Holistic Study on the Motorcycle Industry and Safe

Driving While the number of motorcycles in Turkey is increasing rapidly, this growth brings with it serious traffic safety problems.  I hope that the proposals submitted to change the current situation in the light of the analysis of the data will benefit all stakeholders.

📌 Featured Data *:

 ✅ In the last 20 years, there has been a significant increase in the motorcycle vehicle park. There is a remarkable rise, especially after 2019. 🚀 (The impact of the pandemic on the sector!) ✅ However, in 2024, this increase seems to have slowed down. Is the sector taking its foot off the gas? 🤔

✅ According to 2024 data, motorcycle drivers are at fault in 2 out of every 3 motorcycle accidents. 🔐

✅ In 2024, the top three issues in the ranking of faults in accidents where motorcycle drivers are at fault are:

🛵Speed violation: 60%

🛵Lane tracking replacement: 17%

🛵Migration priority: 11%

✅ The top three issues in traffic rules most violated by motorcycle riders in 2024:

🛵Not using helmets: 40%

🛵Unlicensed / Insufficient Driver’s License: 15%

✅ Motorcycles, compared to cars:

🚧It is involved in 1.5 times more accidents.

🚑It causes 2 times more fatal accidents. According to 2024 data, 4 deaths per day!

🏥It causes 3 times more injuries. The rate of people who die in motorcycle accidents in the hospital rather than at the scene is 1.6 times higher than in automobile accidents.

🚦 Is the expectation that declining motorcycle sales will reduce accidents and deaths realistic? 🤷 Perhaps the most important issue is to raise awareness of motorcycle riders and increase safe driving habits! 💬

*Source: TÜİKt data, General Directorate of Security, Notaries Union of Turkey European Union reports and Highway Traffic Regulation data.
The analyzes in the posts related to the subject made by our Minister of Interior, Mr. Ali Yerlikaya, at the opening program of the Motobike Istanbul 2025 Fair on March 12, 2025 have been added.