Choosing the right helmet could help save your life. The SHARP rating system helps you understand how much protection a helmet offers in a crash.

iBiker is a new Smartphone app, part funded by the Department for Transport (DfT), designed to reduce the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on the UK's roads. 

Useful websites

The following websites offer advice to motorcycle riders to help improve their road skills:

• Directgov website advice
• The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) 
• The Institute of Advanced Motorists 
• Milton Keynes Advanced Motorists (MKAM) 
• Aylesbury Advanced Motorists
• Thames Valley Advanced Motorcyclists 
• Oxford Advanced Motorists Group 
• Safer Rider
• RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders - Thames Valley Group 

Courses

"Be a Better Biker" is an advanced motorcycle training scheme operated locally within the Thames Valley Region.  It costs £70 and targets 35-44 age group. 

The Driving Standards Agency's (DSA) official motorcycle theory test guide is now available as a fully interactive download.

Videos

• Watch the ‘Crashproof motorbike’ video, a 'spoof' video, discussing what it would be like if new technology in a motorbike helmet meant that riders no longer had to look for traffic.

• Watch the Making of the ‘Crashproof motorbike’ video.

• Watch the inspirational 'Stay a Hero, Stay Safe' campaign video.