A motorcycle theft every 9 minutes in France…

According to the police (police and gendarmerie), 59,835 two-wheelers were stolen in France in 2014, up 1.9%. Either a motorcycle theft reported every 9 minutes, against one every 10 minutes in 2013 … ICA analyzes certain effects of this sadly major phenomenon in the 4th edition of its Observatory of theft of 2-wheels …

According to the police (police and gendarmerie), 59,835 two-wheelers were stolen in France in 2014, up 1.9%. Or a motorcycle theft reported every 9 minutes, against … ICA analyzes some of the effects of this sadly major phenomenon in the 4th edition of its …

Theft, an important criterion before purchasing … for ICA customers

As every year since 2011, the company specializing in anti-theft devices, engraving and geolocation solutions for motorcycles and scooters in the event of theft questioned several bikers and scooter riders (2,979 this year) to find out their behavior in the face of theft and their methods. to avoid it. 

ICA takes this opportunity to take stock of the regions and environments most affected by the theft. Note however that the results of this "observatory" are not the strict reflection of reality, since the study was only conducted with users who have opted for an ICA engraving since 2006.

Under these conditions, respondents’ reactions are necessarily biased: it is therefore not surprising that "42%" of respondents (up "6%" compared to 2014) place the risk of theft among the five most important criteria. important before purchase (after brand, price, cost of maintenance and insurance) ! 

Likewise, the fact that "47%" feel "exposed to theft" is logical since otherwise, they would not have opted for the engraving of their motorcycle, an certainly effective solution (especially to fight against the concealment of spare parts) but which nevertheless entails additional costs ("around 65 €", according to ICA).

Methods and reactions to motorcycle theft

• 97% of respondents have theft insurance
• 67% use a "U"
• 29% using an anti-theft chain
• 41% use a disk lock
• 31% have an alarm
• 8% use post-flight geolocation systems
• 25% of respondents have already suffered a theft (3% more than three times!)
• 10% did not report this theft 
• 85% say their vehicle was protected during theft (a third of them say it was strapped)
• 55% of stolen vehicles have not been found
• 44% of stolen vehicles were found (+ 4% compared to 2014)
• 51% of theft victims believe they were poorly compensated by their insurance (59% in 2014)  

Circumstances and places of thefts 

• 91% of thefts took place in urban areas
• 9% of thefts took place in rural areas
• 45% of flights took place during the day
• 55% of thefts took place at night
• 62% of thefts took place on public roads
• 35% of thefts took place in a collective or private garage
• 3% of thefts were carried out by "bike-jacking"
• 39% of the flights took place in Île-de-France
• 4% of the flights took place in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
• 12% of flights took place in Rhône-Alpes 
• 4% of flights took place in Midi-Pyrenees 
• 13% of the flights took place in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA)

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