Pressure is mounting on the Government to consider making crash detection technology compulsory for motorcyclists amid warnings of a “crisis” on the nation’s roads. Shadow transport minister Greg Smith warned: “Motorcycles account for just one per cent of all motor vehicle traffic, yet riders make up 21% of road deaths and 12% of all road casualties in Britain.” Mr Smith described a “crisis we have failed to confront with the urgency it deserves,” saying: “Per billion miles travelled, a motorcyclist is more than 40 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than someone in a car. No other mode of transport carries such disproportionate risk.” The Conservative MP said nothing is “more important than the first hour post-crash” but warned: “Unlike car drivers, riders are often thrown from their bikes, ending up hidden in hedgerows, ditches, or fields, sometimes tens of metres from the road. On rural routes, where 69% of motorcyclist fatalities occur, traffic is sparse and visibility is poor. “A seriously injured rider may lie undiscovered for long stretches of time, even …