Motorcycle Casualties: Facts and Figures

Motorcyle Casualties: Facts and Figures A statistical analysis of motorcycle accidents, injuries and fatalities. Of the 2,491,000 Fatalities by Vehicle Type | 2008 people injured in motor vehiçle 6. 5. crashes on USA's 4, highways in 2007, 3. 2 Fatality rates 1- per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven 103,000 (4%) were motorcyclists. Passenger Cars 0, Light Trucks Motorcycles Large Trucks I Other vehicles I Buses I Death Times in Weekday | 2008 Death Times in Weekend | 2008 Midnight Midnight 600 600 9 p.m. Зат. _500 9 p.m. 3 a.m. 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 _100 100 6 p.m. 6 a.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. 3 p.m. '9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 a.m. 200, 150_ _120 000 Noon Noon Motorcyclists Injured > 50 by Age Group and Year 100 000 100_ L80 000 Injury rates 50 per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven L60 000 50-59. 40000 < 20- 20 000 0. 40-49 TTTTITTTTI 30-39 20-20/ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Crashes by Area |2008 Motorcyclists Injured by Helmet Use | 2007 Of the motorcyclists injured, more I Single-Vehicle Crashes I Multiple-Vehicle Crashes than Left side 135 | 223 60% Helmeted Unkown 63% 7% were during daytime Rear Front 17 1443 212 2 178 Not Helmeted 30% 9% of Right side 178 176 motorcycle injuries in 2007 were Other/Unknown 274| 141 Non-collision 387| 23 alcohol related Source: Traffic Safety Facts, NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis