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Motorcycle Rider Safety Data

Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

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Notes:

The injury and crash data in this table are from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES), and the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). FARS, which began operation in 1975, is a census of all police-reported traffic crashes resulting in a death within 30 days of the crash. Data from the NASS GES, which began operation in 1988, was obtained from a nationally representative probability sample selected from all police-reported crashes. The NASS GES sample includes only crashes where a police crash 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. NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) redesigned the nationally representative sample of police-reported traffic crashes. The new system, CRSS, replaced NASS GES in 2016. CRSS has a different sample design than NASS GES. 

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. 

Since Vehicle-miles data for 2000 and later years are estimated using enhanced methodology, data for these years are not comparable with prior years or with numbers published in the previous NTS reports. 

Description:

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised. 

a Include riders (operators) and passengers.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Database, National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES) Database, and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS) Database, personal communications, Jun. 7, 2012, May 22, 2013, Jun. 16, 2014, Sept. 15, 2017, Oct. 16, 2018, Nov. 6, 2019, Jan. 12, 2021, Mar. 4, 2022, Apr. 19, 2023, and May 24, 2024.

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