The push from the Tasmanian Motorcycle Council comes after a Queensland man was killed when his bike crashed into a truck on the Esk Highway at Fingal on Monday.

The council’s vice president Simon Hrycyszyn said he and the entire motorcycling community were devastated by the news of another death on Tasmania’s roads.

“We are a very tight-knit community and obviously it’s sad that it’s happened but it also gives us an opportunity to push education and awareness,” he said.

“Whilst some of the roads in Tasmania are better than the mainland, we do have quite a few fatalities on our roads involving interstate riders because the conditions are quite different - we have a lot of wildlife and our roads are windy.”

Mr Hrycyszyn said road safety education was not limited to interstate riders though, with all road users being urged to stay alert.

“The council’s main objective is to assist in educating people about riding safely and identifying issues for motorcyclists,” he said.

According to the Road Safety Advisory Council of Tasmania, motorcyclists are over-represented in all crash statistics in the state and interstate riders make up nearly half of all visitors seriously injured or killed on Tasmanian roads.

Last year, 37 people died on Tasmanian roads including 10 motorcyclists – an increase of four people since 2015.

Of those four people, three were motorcyclists and one was a pedestrian.

The 2016 road fatality figure is the fourth highest within the past decade, with the highest being 63 in 2009.

As part of a campaign to reduce the state’s road toll to zero, government changes to license requirements will come into effect in May.

Learner riders will be required to complete extra requirements including a new two-day pre-learner motorcycle training course, a check ride and a new pre-provisional test.

Infrastructure Minister Rene Hidding announced the changes in December and said it was an important initiative that would save lives.

“Last year motorcycle riders made up 35 per cent of our serious casualty crashes, while they represent only four per cent of Tasmania’s vehicle fleet,” Mr Hidding said at the time.

“This change is vital in protecting one of our most vulnerable road user groups.”

As of December 31, there were more than 18,000 motorcycles registered in Tasmania –almost 10,000 of those were registered in the North and North-West and 1,717 in Launceston alone.

Find out more information on riding safely in Tasmania here.