Motorcycling

Motorcycle ownership is surging across Türkiye's metropolitan areas as rising car costs and traffic congestion drive residents toward two-wheeled alternatives.

Over the past 10 months, motorcycle numbers in major cities rose by 25 percent, compared to a modest 6 percent growth in car registrations, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Traffic units across the country have recently begun using an AI-driven speed radar system produced under the coordination of the Turkish defense industry.

This new system allows for simultaneous ticketing for automobiles, trucks, pickup trucks, motorcyclists or other vehicles traveling on a four-lane road.

An accident occurred on Wednesday morning just before the exit to Lykovrisi, injuring a motorcyclist.

Accidentally, a motorcyclist was killed in a car accident in the middle of the morning.
The accident occurred when the motorbike in which the motorcyclist was riding overturned under unknown circumstances.

Another tragedy unfolded on the asphalt, this time at dawn, on 213 Thevon Avenue, in Nikea.

A motorbike driven by a 28-year-old man, still unknown under what circumstances, veered off course and crashed into shop windows, causing damage to two of them, as well as a car that was parked.

Two people were killed in a crash Friday night in Anavyssos, East Attica.

The accident occurred around 9 p.m. on Athens-Sounion Avenue when a car driven by a 31-year-old woman collided with a motorcycle. The 28-year-old motorcyclist and his 30-year-old passenger died at the scene. 

Motorcyclist deaths account for 38% of all road traffic accidents in Greece, compared to 18% in the rest of Europe, according to data. 

Türkiye witnessed an increase in motorcycle-related accidents, with 38 percent of fatal and injury accidents in 2023 caused by motorcycles, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

Yerlikaya attended the opening of the 2024 Motobike Istanbul Fair on March 21, where he highlighted the increasing number of motorcycle accidents in the country.

The percentage of motorcyclists that died in road accidents in Greece in 2023 was particularly high (38%) compared to the rest of Europe, where the average is 18%, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

834 cars and motorcycles were checked from Friday to Saturday morning

The police has launched a preliminary administrative inquiry in the wake of the uproar caused by a video that is making the rounds on the internet in which an officer of the DIAS motorcycle unit is seen doing a wheelie on a main road in the port city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.