{"id":15060,"date":"2025-04-22T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:55:11","slug":"keeping-motorcyclists-safer-in-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/keeping-motorcyclists-safer-in-new-south-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping motorcyclists safer in New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-page guide called \u2018Motorcycling the New England\u2019 has been produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transport for New South Wales<\/a> with the aim to raise awareness around motorcycle safety and improve rider experiences in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The New England area is one of the most popular places in NSW for motorcyclists to ride, but it is also one with a high crash rate.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2019 and 2023 in New England, there were 325 motorcycle crashes reported resulting in 20 fatal crashes, and more than 170 serious injury crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Transport for NSW called the figure \u201calarming\u201d considering motorcycles make up around only four per cent of registered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New England boasts some of the state\u2019s most picturesque rides \u2013 encompassing the plateaus of the Northern Tablelands across ranges, through waterfalls and gorges to the sprawling plains,\u201d a Transport for NSW spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransport staff spoke with local riders to map their favourite routes to produce a guide that combines popular rides with tourism information and an emphasis on road safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guide can be downloaded at <a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/bfnbFK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/qrco.de\/bfnbFK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-page guide called \u2018Motorcycling the New England\u2019 has been produced by Transport for New South Wales with the aim to raise awareness around motorcycle safety and improve rider experiences in the region. The New England area is one of the most popular places in NSW for motorcyclists to ride, but it is also one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}