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Figure 2 - Motorcycle Rider Casualties Compared with Casualties for Occupants in Other Types of Vehicles: 2000

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  Bus Lorry Car Motorcycle
Fatality rate 2.05 1.71 1.31 6.57
Injury rate 19.52 9.41 8.43 62.82
Casualties 0.21 1.47 8.04 67.00

Key: Fatality rate = fatalities per 10,000 registered vehicles; injury rate = injuries per 10,000 registered vehicles; casualties (%): as a percentage of all casualties in traffic crashes in Malaysia.

Source: Polis Di Raja Malaysia, Statistical Report: Road Accidents, Malaysia 2000 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 2002, Traffic Branch, Royal Malaysian Police).