THE sheer amount of data – some useful, others less so – collated by government about our motorcycling habits is astounding and trawling through it occasionally kicks up nuggets of information that we’d otherwise have no way of knowing.
Like, for instance, the number of bikes licenced in each local authority area in the UK. It gives a clue as to not only the absolute figures but also, via a bit of number crunching, lets us establish what percentage of vehicles in each area motorcycles represent.
So here are the top 10 motorcycle hotspots, in terms of numbers of bikes licenced in each local authority area.