FIGURES released by the police showed there were four fatal collisions on open roads and 32 serious collisions during the TT period.

All these collisions involved motorcycles.

Three competitors - two sidecar racers and one solo motorcyclist - died as a result of racing incidents on closed roads.

But how do these statistics relate to other sporting events and road safety generally?

While it is impossible to do a like for like comparison of any event or sport with the TT it is interesting to see statistics from elsewhere.

The Department for Transport in the UK report a total of 2,222 people were killed on the roads in the UK in 2009 and 24,690 were seriously injured.

In total there were 222,146 reported casualties.

According to Wikipedia, some 70 people a year are seriously injured and 10 are killed each year on Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.

Last year the RNLI rescued 8,313 people at sea - of which 309 were deemed to be lives saved.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said there were four yachting related deaths in 2010 and two canal boat related deaths.

In 2010 there were 88 road accidents involving horses reported to the website www.horseaccidents.org.uk

These included the deaths of two riders and seven serious injuries to riders.

A total of 13 horses were killed and seven severely injured.

However these figures do not necessarily present the true picture - the data is reliant on people reporting their accidents to the website.

There are many more injuries from falls sustained in competition.

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Also see: Nearly 200 arrests and 92 collisions during TT