Registered casualties in crashes with a moped or light moped are usually the riders themselves (see Table 1) [i]. Their proportion of the total number of registered road deaths is even as high as about 90%. During the period 2005-2009 the share of (light-)moped riders among serious road injuries (MAIS 2+) is somewhat lower (84%), but is still by far the largest group of casualties.
Table 1. Registered numbers of road deaths and serious road injuries (MAIS 2 +) in the periods 2005-2009 and 2010-2015 [ii] in crashes in which a (light-)moped rider was involved. Sources: IenM; SWOV (based on LMR – DHD and BRON - IenM).
Male (light-)moped riders in particular are found to be involved in fatal crashes (see Figure 2). Furthermore the high crash involvement in the young age groups is remarkable, especially among the under-18s the crash involvement is very high. Among the older (light-)moped riders (the over-50s) and the crash involvement is also higher. Note that this is insufficient indication of the risk of young or male (light-)moped riders, because it is not clear how much these groups use (light-)mopeds. See also the question How much are (light-)mopeds used in the Netherlands?
Figure 2. Age and gender of (light-)moped riders involved in fatal crashes[iii] in the period 2010-2015 (Source: IenM).
[i] Note: these are the registered numbers – due to underreporting these are lower than the real numbers of casualties. The registration rate of road deaths among (light-)moped riders themselves is approximately 90% [2]. The registration rate of serious road injuries among (light‑) moped riders in the period 2005-2009 is about 50%-60%. The registration rate of crashes in which a (light-)moped rider was involved is not known.
[ii] The number of serious road injuries in the period 2010-2015 is unknown, because since 2009 the number of casualties by mode of transport cannot reliably be determined.
[iii] 11 of these crashes are crashes between 2 (light-)moped riders. These crashes are therefore included twice, of course each with the age of the individual rider.
