We are proud to support Docbike!

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 The DocBike charity combines a highly qualified (consultant-level) doctor or critical care paramedic with two wheels to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads due to motorcycle collisions. 

Wherever possible, this doctor or paramedic also works on the local air ambulance. It is part of their everyday job, to treat and save the most severely injured and sick patients and help them to reach the hospital alive. 

When motorcyclists are involved in a collision, often the injuries are catastrophic, and no amount of medical care can save a person’s life. This is why a lot of the DocBike charity’s time is invested in preventing motorcyclists from being in a collision in the first place.

Working together with emergency services all across the UK, it is our aim to have a DocBike associated with every air ambulance charity around the country. 

We are a new charity, but the enthusiasm of local bikers, colleagues in the Emergency Services and other agencies throughout the UK means that we are expanding rapidly.

 Before DocBike became a charity, the project was set up by Dr Ian Mew, an air ambulance Intensive Care Consultant and PC Chris Smith QPM, a police motorcyclist, advanced police motorcycle instructor and Family Liaison Officer with Dorset Police.

Both recognised that more lives could be saved by investing time and effort in preventing motorcyclists from being involved in a collision, than trying to pick up the pieces and support the loved ones and families of motorcyclists after they had crashed.

• 6 Motorcyclists will be killed on average every week in the UK
• 94 Motorcyclists will be seriously injured every week in the UK
• Over 19,000 Motorcyclists are injured every year in the UK

Motorcyclists account for 1% of the miles travelled on the UK roads, but because they lack the roll cages, the seat belt tensioners, the crumple zones and air bags, they make up between 18-25% of the deaths and serious injuries. Motorcyclists aren’t involved in more collisions that car drivers, they just come off much worse when they do.

Injury prevention is woefully behind the curve in the UK. Our society is set up to pick up the pieces, to respond to incidents rather than to prevent them from happening in the first place; but we believe passionately that we can make a difference and redress this balance. With your help, we will.

In 2024 we had a fantastic group of Ride-outs leaving from 5 different start lines in Devon, Hampshire, Somerset as well as Dorset travelling through Wiltshire as well!

It was an amazing spectacle and many of our other Docbike friends joined in for the event.

Arriving in to Wooders Campsite, the Ride-out Riders were greeted with Live Music, Traders and Bike Dealers, Activities and there was even Camping and Glamping for those wanting to make a weekend of it.

It was our first year coming in to this Brand new event - the Dorset Bikefest - and it was almost immediately agreed - we have to do it again.

So we're bringing Dorset Bikefest back to you for 2025 where we have already got more Dealers and Traders signing up to be involved and we can't wait to get started on all the planning for the next Ride-outs (or should we say Ride-ins as we're very much staying for the whole weekend next year!)