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In 2010, motorcycle accident fatalities accounted for 14% of all accident fatalities. [4] It was also 14% in 2008. [3] In 2008, 47% of fatal accidents were with another vehicle, and of those 77% involved a head-on collision with a motorcycle and in 7% the motorcycle was struck from behind.
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [5] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...
The article on Motorcycle fatality rate in U.S. by year indicates that the number of motorcycle fatalities in the US has remained about 5000 per year for most of the past decade. In 2006, 13.10 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes, while the rate for motorcycles was 72.34 per 100,000 registered motorcycles. [3]
Fatal motorcycle crashes in 2024. Many of the fatal crashes happened in York County, but a few individuals died outside of the area: March 14: Josiah Marrero, 18, ...
Fatal motorcycle crashes have risen 20% in the past decade based on 2020 data from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, according to Forbes Advisor. The families left reeling ...
Iowa's motorcycle fatality rate is 10 times higher than the national average. Over the last five years, 74% of people who died on a motorcycle were not wearing a helmet. ... In 2023, 63 people ...
Data are for the year 2021. Death data are from NHTSA, [1] mileage figures are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [2] and population data are from the US Census. [3] Per billion vehicle miles, South Carolina had the highest death rate while Massachusetts had the lowest. Mississippi had the most deaths per capita while Rhode Island had ...
Approximately one-quarter of these motorcycle accidents were single vehicle accidents involving the motorcycle colliding with the roadway or some fixed object in the environment. Vehicle failure accounted for less than 3% of these motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents where control was lost due to a puncture flat.