Fatal single vehicle motorcycle crashes

Details

• Creators:
  Shankar, Umesh
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.). Mathematical Analysis Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Motorcycle crashes
  • Traffic safety
  • Fatalities
  • Injury severity
  • Periods of the day
  • Tables (Data)
  • Crash data
  • Motorcycle
  • Motorcyclist
  • Fatalities
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 809 360
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  NHTSA Technical Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  More than 38,000 motorcyclists have died in single vehicle motorcycle crashes between 1975 and 1999. Motorcyclist ; fatalities in single vehicle crashes decreased each year from 1990 to 1996, reaching a historic low of 937 in 1996 and ; again in 1997. In 1998 and again in 1999 the fatalities increased to 1,042 (11.2%) in 1998 and to 1,140 (9.4%) in 1999. ; The overall increase in motorcyclist fatalities from 1997 to 1999 was 203 (21.7%). ; Motorcyclist fatalities in single vehicle crashes account for about 45 percent of all motorcyclist fatalities. With such a ; high percentage of motorcyclist fatalities in single vehicle motorcycle crashes, this report was written to provide insight ; into the possible causes for these fatalities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6426/dot_6426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.58 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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