Ohio motorcycle acciddent injury causes | Ohio lawyers for motorcycle accidents

There are many different causes for Ohio motorcycle accident injuries.

Harry Hurt, a researcher from the University of Southern California, performed a study to find out the top causes of motorcycle accidents. The study, partly funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was looked at 900 motorcycle accidents in the Los Angeles, California area. Read our Ohio motorcycle accident lawyers first blog on their findings:

1. Approximately three-fourths of these motorcycle accidents involved collision with another vehicle, which was most usually a passenger automobile.

2. Approximately one-fourth of these motorcycle accidents were single vehicle accidents involving the motorcycle colliding with the roadway or some fixed object in the environment.

3. Vehicle failure accounted for less than 3% of these motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents where control was lost due to a puncture flat.

4. In the single vehicle accidents, motorcycle rider error was present as the accident precipitating factor in about two-thirds of the cases, with the typical error being a slide out and fall due to over braking or running wide on a curve due to excess speed or under-cornering.

5. Roadway defects (pavement ridges, potholes, etc.) were the accident cause in 2% of the accidents; animal involvement was 1% of the accidents.

If you or someone you know has been injured in an Ohio motorcycle accident, order your free copy of The Ohio Motorcycle Accident Book by calling 800.637.8170.