Los Angeles Motorcycle Accident Statistics
Motorcycle accident statistics are in a class by themselves. This is partly due to the agencies concerned with such information — the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — which categorize motorcycle accidents separately from other vehicular accidents.
At the motorcycle injury firm of Scott J. Corwin, A Professional Law Corporation, we have compiled various accident statistics from the CDC and NHTSA. For additional information, call us at (310) 683-2300.
Interesting motorcycle and motorcycle accident statistics from various safety groups include:
- 5,014 motorcyclists were killed in traffic collisions in 2019.
- Intoxicated motorcyclists accounted for nearly 30% of all motorcycle fatalities in 2019.
- In about 30% of all fatal motorcycle accidents, the rider was speeding, which has some notable overlap with intoxicated motorcyclists, too.
- Around 30% of motorcycle riders involved in fatal crashes were riding without valid motorcycle licenses. Safety researchers wonder if there is a correlation between no licensure, intoxication, and speeding among motorcyclists.
- Motorcycle fatalities occur 28 times more frequently than fatalities suffered by people in passenger vehicles when gauging them per mile traveled.
- Motorcycle fatalities increased by 82% between 2000 and 2016, even though the total number of motorcyclists did not increase by this amount.
- Only three states still do not have motorcycle helmet laws in place, despite the inarguable fact that motorcycle helmets save lives.
- Historically, helmet use increases to 90% or greater after a helmet law is implemented. Helmet use across the United States hovered around 70% in 2019.
- Helmet use helps reduce the risk of a motorcyclist's fatality in a crash by nearly 40% and makes the rider less likely to suffer any head injury by nearly 70%.
- More than half of all non-fatal motorcycle injuries treated in emergency rooms were to the leg/foot (30%) or head/neck (22%).
- Nearly $10 billion could be saved in total losses – such as medical costs, lost production, and disability services – each year if all motorcyclists were required to wear helmets at all times.
- Motorcycles made up 3% of all registered vehicles in the US in 2019 with about 8,600,000, while there were approximately 190 million light-duty vehicles (passenger vehicles and light trucks).
- The fatality rate per 100,000 registered motorcycles was 58.33 in 2019. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled was 25.47.
- The injury rate per 100,000 registered motorcycles was 975. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled was 426.
- The highest death and injury rates were under 30, followed by 50+.
- The rate of motorcycle accident fatalities for riders under age 30 has fallen consistently in the last 10 years.
- In 2017, about 51% of motorcycle accident fatalities are to people over the age of 40. The rate of motorcycle accident fatalities for riders 30 and younger has increased by 4% since 2008 – from 27% of fatalities in 2008 to 31% of fatalities in 2017.
- Approximately 164,000 motorcyclists have died between 1975-2017 after the 1966 passage of the Highway Safety and National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
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Scott J. Corwin, A Professional Law Corporation is here to help you navigate the legal arena after your motorcycle accident. Speak with our motorcycle accident attorney by calling (310) 683-2300 or filling out our online form.
Sources:
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812826
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812785
https://www.bts.gov/content/number-us-aircraft-vehicles-vessels-and-other-conveyances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year

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