New Delhi: Three fatal accidents on Thursday again highlighted the vulnerability of motorcycle riders in Delhi’s traffic. While in the first case a teenager died after crashing his bike into the divider near Kirari Phatak in Sultanpuri, Sadatpuri Extension resident Udayveer Singh was killed near Nigambodh Ghat when another vehicle hit his bike. In the third accident, Shakurpur resident Divesh Vats (30) died after being hit by an unknown vehicle over the Sagarpur flyover on Pankha Road. The three accidents occurred in the daytime, between 1.10pm and 5.30pm.

Although biker fatalities are down this year, in line with the overall downtrend in accidents, police say the proportion of bikers killed in accidents remains high. “Records have shown that those on a two-wheeler are the most vulnerable after pedestrians,” said joint commissioner of police (traffic) Satyendra Garg, adding that biker fatalities account for nearly 30% of road accident deaths in the city.

Till October 31 this year, 1,471 people had died in road accidents in the city, of whom 443 were bikers, both rider and pillion. Police say motorcyclists are vulnerable not only because of the way they are treated by drivers of heavier vehicles but also their own tendency to break rules. “Most other vehicles don’t give motorcyclists any space to travel and they have to squeeze in,” said a senior officer

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