Numbers recently released say that there was a 16% reduction in road deaths in 2020. That?s across the board; cars, bikes, everything. It?s clearly not because everyone has all of a sudden got better at driving, though. It?s because most of us spent the majority of 2020 locked up in our houses, hiding from an invisible killer, and not driving (and crashing) our cars or bikes. But the 16% reduction in deaths doesn?t tell the full picture. Because from July-September 2020, there were almost as many bike crashes; just 7% down from the same period in 2019. And the scary thing is, there were actually more fatalities. So what?s going on" Who?s crashing during COVID" And more to the point, why"

Before anyone says anything, I know all three of us here at 44 Teeth have done a bit of crashing during COVID. But none of us have crashed on the road. Sue and Statham both crashed on the track, and I crashed in a car park, so I don?t think we count towards the statistics.
Anyway, talking of statistics, whilst I know it?s not wise to believe everything the government tells you, if the statistics are true, it?s slightly worrying. Because despite fewer of us crashing in 2020, more of us got killed. How can that be"

Well I?ve got a theory, and I don?t know if it?s true or not, but I?ll share it with you anyway. I think the lockdown caused it. As well as causing people to loose their jobs, go bankrupt and generally loose the will to live.

Because, for the mos...