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Motorcycles and ATVs | 20152015ALL FATALITY FACTS TOPICSMotorcycles are less stable and less visible than cars and often have high performance capabilities. When motorcycles crash, their riders lack the protection of an enclosed vehicle, so they're more likely to be injured or killed. The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2014, the number of deaths on motorcycles was over 27 times the number in cars. 1Because serious head injury is common among fatally injured motorcyclists, helmet use is important. Helmets are about 37 percent effective in preventing motorcycle deaths 2 and about 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries. 3 Yet only 19 states and the District of Columbia mandate helmet use by all riders. All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are not designed for on-highway use, but in recent years more than 300 riders died in crashes on public roads annually. The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).Posted November 2016.Data subsections:Trends Age and gender Helmet use Motorcycle type and engine size When and where they died Alcohol involvement ATVsTrendsA total of 4,693 motorcyclists died in crashes in 2015. Motorcyclist deaths had been declining since the early 1980s but began to increase in 1998 and continued to increase through 2008. Motorcycle deaths accounted for 13 percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths in 2015 and were more than double the number of motorcyclist deaths in 1997. Passenger vehicle occupant deaths and motorcyclist deaths, 1975-2015Passenger vehicle occupant deathsMotorcyclist deaths197519801985199019952000200520102015010,00020,00030,00040,000Passenger vehicle occupant and motorcyclist deaths as a percentage of all motor vehicle crash deaths, 1975-2015Year Passenger vehicle occupant deaths Motorcyclist deaths All motor vehicle deathsNumber % Number % Number %1975 30,601 69 3,106 7 44,525 1001976 31,724 70 3,232 7 45,523 1001977 32,823 69 4,004 8 47,878 1001978 34,923 69 4,448 9 50,331 1001979 35,026 69 4,712 9 51,093 1001980 34,996 68 4,955 10 51,091 1001981 33,711 68 4,737 10 49,301 1001982 29,656 67 4,267 10 43,945 1001983 29,154 68 4,099 10 42,589 1001984 30,094 68 4,425 10 44,257 1001985 29,848 68 4,415 10 43,825 1001986 32,224 70 4,309 9 46,087 1001987 33,145 71 3,832 8 46,390 1001988 34,105 72 3,491 7 47,087 1001989 33,599 74 3,030 7 45,582 1001990 32,711 73 3,128 7 44,599 1001991 30,810 74 2,702 7 41,508 1001992 29,457 75 2,291 6 39,250 1001993 29,994 75 2,346 6 40,150 1001994 30,820 76 2,215 5 40,716 1001995 31,914 76 2,138 5 41,817 1001996 32,354 77 2,077 5 42,065 1001997 32,343 77 2,056 5 42,013 1001998 31,781 77 2,227 5 41,501 1001999 32,008 77 2,419 6 41,717 1002000 32,109 77 2,829 7 41,945 1002001 31,938 76 3,123 7 42,196 1002002 32,724 76 3,187 7 43,005 1002003 32,166 75 3,641 8 42,884 1002004 31,750 74 3,904 9 42,836 1002005 31,455 72 4,460 10 43,510 1002006 30,628 72 4,699 11 42,708 1002007 29,155 71 5,050 12 41,259 1002008 25,547 68 5,112 14 37,423 1002009 23,507 69 4,286 13 33,883 1002010 22,351 68 4,324 13 32,999 1002011 21,413 66 4,403 14 32,479 1002012 21,906 65 4,695 14 33,782 1002013 21,361 65 4,402 13 32,894 1002014 21,131 65 4,302 13 32,744 1002015 22,543 64 4,693 13 35,092 100In 2015, 27 percent of fatally injured motorcycle drivers were operating without a valid driver's license. The rate of unlicensed fatally injured motorcycle drivers during 2015 was higher than the rate of unlicensed fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers (27 percent vs. 15 percent).Passenger vehicle and motorcycle driver deaths by driver's license status, 2004-2015Year Passenger vehicle drivers Motorcycle driversNo valid license Valid license Total* No valid license Valid license Total*Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %2006 3,423 16 17,941 83 21,592 100 1,134 26 3,219 73 4,387 1002007 3,206 16 17,142 83 20,542 100 1,239 26 3,461 73 4,740 1002008 2,702 15 15,399 84 18,266 100 1,190 25 3,561 74 4,782 1002009 2,407 14 14,294 85 16,834 100 886 22 3,077 77 3,987 1002010 2,273 14 13,672 85 16,029 100 874 22 3,127 78 4,022 1002011 2,254 14 13,225 85 15,561 100 891 22 3,210 78 4,120 1002012 2,366 15 13,464 85 15,915 100 1,049 24 3,296 75 4,381 1002013 2,319 15 13,174 85 15,577 100 1,058 26 3,060 74 4,147 1002014 2,512 16 12,879 83 15,495 100 1,116 28 2,900 72 4,041 1002015 2,543 15 13,811 84 16,484 100 1,196 27 3,183 72 4,415 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsForty-one percent of motorcyclist deaths in 2015 occurred in single-vehicle crashes, and 59 percent occurred in multiple-vehicle crashes. This has remained largely unchanged since the 1980s.Motorcyclist deaths by crash type, 1975-2015Year Single-vehicle Multiple-vehicle All crashes*Deaths % Deaths % Deaths %1975 1,137 37 1,963 63 3,106 1001976 1,235 38 1,981 61 3,232 1001977 1,564 39 2,424 61 4,004 1001978 1,701 38 2,726 61 4,448 1001979 1,888 40 2,811 60 4,712 1001980 2,034 41 2,897 58 4,955 1001981 1,926 41 2,789 59 4,737 1001982 1,804 42 2,463 58 4,267 1001983 1,787 44 2,312 56 4,099 1001984 1,879 42 2,546 58 4,425 1001985 1,889 43 2,526 57 4,415 1001986 1,835 43 2,474 57 4,309 1001987 1,603 42 2,229 58 3,832 1001988 1,466 42 2,025 58 3,491 1001989 1,348 44 1,682 56 3,030 1001990 1,380 44 1,748 56 3,128 1001991 1,215 45 1,487 55 2,702 1001992 1,054 46 1,237 54 2,291 1001993 997 42 1,349 58 2,346 1001994 951 43 1,264 57 2,215 1001995 900 42 1,238 58 2,138 1001996 881 42 1,196 58 2,077 1001997 882 43 1,174 57 2,056 1001998 993 45 1,234 55 2,227 1001999 1,084 45 1,335 55 2,419 1002000 1,253 44 1,576 56 2,829 1002001 1,402 45 1,721 55 3,123 1002002 1,475 46 1,712 54 3,187 1002003 1,555 43 2,086 57 3,641 1002004 1,718 44 2,186 56 3,904 1002005 1,940 43 2,515 56 4,460 1002006 2,049 44 2,644 56 4,699 1002007 2,224 44 2,824 56 5,050 1002008 2,331 46 2,777 54 5,112 1002009 1,920 45 2,364 55 4,286 1002010 1,958 45 2,366 55 4,324 1002011 2,010 46 2,393 54 4,403 1002012 2,029 43 2,666 57 4,695 1002013 1,835 42 2,567 58 4,402 1002014 1,799 42 2,503 58 4,302 1002015 1,906 41 2,787 59 4,693 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsAge and genderIn the early 1980s the proportion of fatally injured motorcyclists who were 50 and older started to increase, rising from 3 percent of all rider deaths in 1982 to 13 percent in 1997 and 35 percent in 2015. In contrast, 30 percent of the fatally injured motorcyclists in 2015 were younger than 30, compared with 80 percent in 1975. Percentage of motorcyclist deaths by age, 1975-2015≤29 years30-39 years40-49 years≥50 years1975198019851990199520002005201020150%20%40%60%80%100%Motorcyclist deaths by age, 1975-2015Year ≤29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years ≥50 years Total*Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %1975 2,475 80 419 13 129 4 79 3 3,106 1001976 2,565 79 426 13 142 4 97 3 3,232 1001977 3,211 80 529 13 147 4 112 3 4,004 1001978 3,557 80 603 14 177 4 104 2 4,448 1001979 3,627 77 729 15 212 4 138 3 4,712 1001980 3,641 73 896 18 265 5 149 3 4,955 1001981 3,487 74 840 18 255 5 146 3 4,737 1001982 3,082 72 790 19 247 6 138 3 4,267 1001983 2,959 72 765 19 234 6 135 3 4,099 1001984 3,171 72 813 18 263 6 165 4 4,425 1001985 3,160 72 849 19 238 5 163 4 4,415 1001986 3,034 70 877 20 257 6 131 3 4,309 1001987 2,588 68 831 22 275 7 138 4 3,832 1001988 2,309 66 757 22 278 8 146 4 3,491 1001989 1,873 62 735 24 283 9 136 4 3,030 1001990 1,885 60 805 26 265 8 173 6 3,128 1001991 1,580 58 711 26 283 10 127 5 2,702 1001992 1,242 54 638 28 268 12 143 6 2,291 1001993 1,229 52 647 28 324 14 145 6 2,346 1001994 1,121 51 584 26 338 15 171 8 2,215 1001995 1,057 49 562 26 347 16 172 8 2,138 1001996 932 45 541 26 408 20 196 9 2,077 1001997 837 41 547 27 396 19 276 13 2,056 1001998 897 40 599 27 465 21 265 12 2,227 1001999 878 36 601 25 564 23 376 16 2,419 1002000 986 35 696 25 666 24 476 17 2,829 1002001 1,108 35 789 25 715 23 509 16 3,123 1002002 1,022 32 767 24 758 24 638 20 3,187 1002003 1,161 32 829 23 887 24 763 21 3,641 1002004 1,256 32 853 22 946 24 849 22 3,904 1002005 1,405 32 963 22 1,003 22 1,088 24 4,460 1002006 1,495 32 984 21 1,085 23 1,134 24 4,699 1002007 1,547 31 1,033 20 1,148 23 1,317 26 5,050 1002008 1,580 31 964 19 1,135 22 1,431 28 5,112 1002009 1,139 27 830 19 983 23 1,332 31 4,286 1002010 1,121 26 787 18 968 22 1,447 33 4,324 1002011 1,177 27 800 18 888 20 1,537 35 4,403 1002012 1,219 26 883 19 930 20 1,662 35 4,695 1002013 1,206 27 774 18 907 21 1,515 34 4,402 1002014 1,276 30 725 17 747 17 1,553 36 4,302 1002015 1,387 30 809 17 834 18 1,661 35 4,693 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsNinety-one percent of motorcyclists killed in 2015 were males.Motorcyclist deaths by age and gender, 2015Age Male Female Total*Number % Number % Number %16 6 60 4 40 10 10016-19 118 90 13 10 131 10020-24 578 94 39 6 618 10025-29 579 92 49 8 628 10030-34 393 93 30 7 423 10035-39 352 91 34 9 386 10040-44 334 88 46 12 380 10045-49 399 88 55 12 454 10050-54 445 87 68 13 513 10055-59 432 89 52 11 484 10060-69 482 93 39 7 521 100≥70 139 97 4 3 143 100Total* 4,259 91 433 9 4,693 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsSixty-one percent of the female motorcyclists who died in crashes in 2015 were passengers, and their deaths represented 95 percent of the passenger deaths. The vast majority of male motorcyclists who died were drivers.Motorcyclist deaths by person type and gender, 2015Person type Male FemaleNumber % Number %Driver 4,244 100 170 39Passenger 13 1 262 61Total* 4,259 100 433 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsHelmet useIn 2015, 61 percent of fatally injured motorcycle drivers were helmeted. Helmet use was lower, at 47 percent, for people killed as passengers on motorcycles.Helmet use of fatally injured motorcycle drivers and passengers, 2015Helmet No helmet Unknown TotalNumber % Number % Number % Number %Driver 2,677 61 1,630 37 108 2 4,415 100Passenger 130 47 139 51 6 2 275 100Total* 2,809 60 1,769 38 115 2 4,693 100*Total includes other and/or unknownsIn 2015, 92...

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alan Skeels Piggins is a diehard motorcyclist like the rest of us. Having owned a number of motorcycles, these days he finds himself racing a SV650 in the Brittish Thundersport series. However, the one thing separating him from the rest of his competition is the fact Piggins is paralyzed from the chest down.

Piggins was involved in a motorcycle accident when a car clipped him. He fell into the path of oncoming traffic and was subsequently struck and run over by a vehicle that couldn’t stop in time. Piggins experienced the whole range of emotions after his accident and learning he’d never walk again, but after learning about the opportunities still available to him, his focused changed. No longer was he hopeless, but instead hopeful. In this video, entitled “The Little Person Inside,” Piggins explains how he coped with life after a devastating accident.

Zurkster I knew a good friend in Sussex a few moons back who after being squished between a van and car, gave up his Harley, despite protest from his fairer half. Good on you Alan for taming that stallion, now throttle the life out of it and show it who's boss! 3 years ago