POLICE are prioritising motorcycle safety this month following a worrying rise in rider fatalities in 2024.
There have been 52 motorcyclist fatalities - including three in the Wangaratta/Wodonga/Benalla regions - so far this year, just one shy of the total 53 rider fatalities for all of 2023.
At the same time last year there were 35 rider motorcyclist deaths while the five-year average for the perio...
