These statistics are taken from motorcycle-accidents.com about a study the University of Southern California did. Knowing these statistics can help make you aware of possible problems on the road and improve your safety.
Most motorcycle accidents involve a short trip associated with shopping, errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident is likely to [...]
No one likes to spend money on insurance. But any motorcyclist knows he’s vulnerable on the road and that accidents can happen in a flash.
You can get away with buying the state-mandated minimum policy that provides $12,500 per person and $25,000 per accident to cover injuries caused by your actions. But that’s a ridiculously low [...]
The Universty of Southern California’s study on motorcyle accident produced some interesting results. These results were posted on motorcyle-accidents.com are good to know in order to help improve motorcycle safety. Here are some of the results:
Voluntary safety helmet use by those accident-involved motorcycle riders was lowest for untrained, uneducated, young motorcycle riders on hot days [...]
These statistics are taken from motorcycle-accidents.com are the result of a study done by the University of Southern California:
More than half of the accident-involved motorcycle riders had less than 5 months experience on the accident motorcycle, although the total street riding experience was almost 3 years. Motorcycle riders with dirt bike experience are significantly under [...]
These are some more facts about motorcycle accidents taken from motorcycle-accidents.com to help improve your motorcycle safety.
The typical motorcycle pre-crash lines-of-sight to the traffic hazard portray no contribution of the limits of peripheral vision; more than three- fourths of all accident hazards are within 45 degrees of either side of straight ahead.
Conspicuity of [...]
The following are the 1998 motorcycle accident statistics gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to www.webbikeworld.com:
2,284 motorcyclists died and approximately 49,000 were injured in highway crashes in the United States.
Per mile traveled in 1998, a motorcyclist is approximately 16 times more likely to die in a crash than an automobile occupant. And 3x [...]
We recognize that you may be reading this because you’ve already been in an accident. But you may have looked at it because you’re interested in motorcycles or the law – or both.
If you ride and you haven’t been in a Toledo, Ohio motorcycle accident, great. We want to keep it that way! We know [...]
