Table 2-22: Motorcycle Rider Safety Data
Table 2-22: Motorcycle Rider Safety Data
| 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalities | 3,189 | 5,144 | 4,564 | 3,244 | 2,806 | 2,395 | 2,449 | 2,320 | 2,227 | 2,161 | 2,116 | 2,294 | 2,483 | 2,897 | 3,197 | 3,270 | 3,714 | 4,028 | 4,576 | 4,837 | (R) 5,174 | 5,290 |
| Injured persons | N | N | N | 84,285 | 80,435 | 65,099 | 59,436 | 57,405 | 57,480 | 55,281 | 52,574 | 48,974 | 49,986 | 57,723 | 60,236 | 64,713 | 67,103 | 76,379 | 87,000 | 88,000 | 103,000 | 96,000 |
| Motorcycles involved in crashes | N | N | N | 103,114 | 105,030 | 72,177 | 74,565 | 68,752 | 66,354 | 66,224 | 61,451 | 54,477 | 57,322 | 68,783 | 73,342 | 76,004 | 79,131 | 85,538 | 103,000 | 104,000 | 123,000 | 114,000 |
| Vehicle-miles (millions) | 5,629 | 10,214 | 9,086 | 9,557 | 9,178 | 9,557 | 9,906 | 10,240 | 9,797 | 9,920 | 10,081 | 10,283 | 10,584 | 10,469 | 9,639 | 9,552 | 9,577 | 10,122 | 10,454 | 12,049 | (R) 13,621 | 14,484 |
| Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatalities | 56.7 | 50.4 | 50.2 | 33.9 | 30.6 | 25.1 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 27.7 | 33.2 | 34.2 | 38.8 | 39.8 | 43.8 | 40.1 | (R) 38.0 | 36.5 |
| Injured persons | N | N | N | 881.9 | 876.4 | 681.2 | 600.0 | 560.6 | 586.7 | 557.3 | 521.5 | 476.3 | 472.3 | 551.4 | 624.9 | 677.5 | 700.7 | 754.6 | 832.2 | 730.4 | (R) 756.2 | 662.8 |
| Motorcycles involved in crashes | N | N | N | 1078.9 | 1144.4 | 755.2 | 752.7 | 671.4 | 677.3 | 667.6 | 609.6 | 529.8 | 541.6 | 657.0 | 760.9 | 795.7 | 826.3 | 845.1 | 985.3 | 863.1 | (R) 903.0 | 787.1 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.
NOTES
The injury and crash data in this table are from NHTSA's General Estimates System (GES). The data from the GES, which began operation in 1988, are obtained from a nationally representative probability sample selected from all police-reported crashes. The GES sample includes only crashes where a police accident report was completed and the crash resulted in property damage, injury, or death. The resulting figures do not take into account crashes that were not reported to the police or that did not result in property damage.
SOURCES
Fatalities and injuries:
1975-2007: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts, Final Edition, (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 10, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of March 2009.
2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts, Early Edition, (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 10, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Dec. 2, 2009.
Motorcycles involved in crashes:
1975-2004: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Database and General Estimates System Database, personal communication, May 25, 2006.
2005-07: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts, Final Edition, (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 35, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of March 2009.
2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts, Early Edition, (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 36, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Dec. 2, 2009.
Vehicle-miles:
1970-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issue), table VM1, and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Feb. 17, 2010.