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Motorcyclist Fatalities: An Update on FARS Analysis

This report analyzes the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data to provide an update on motorcyclist fatalities, including trends, age groups, engine sizes, and more.

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Motorcyclist Fatalities: An Update on FARS Analysis

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  1. Motorcyclist Fatalities: an Update Based onThe Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analysis: Umesh Shankar 202.366.5558 Umesh.shankar@nhtsa.dot.gov

  2. Data Sources • Crash Data • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) • 2001 (and prior years) Final File • 2002 Annual Report File • 2003 Early Assessment File • Exposure Data • Registered Vehicles and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) • Based on R.L.Polk and FHWA Registered Vehicles • FHWA VMT

  3. 2003 Data Show … • Motorcyclist Fatalities • Increased 6th Year in a Row Compared to 1997 An increase of 70% -- 1,476 more Fatalities

  4. Motorcyclists Killedin 2003 – highest since 1989 Source: FARS

  5. 2003 Early Assessment Shows • Motorcycle rider fatalities and Motorcycle registrations have both been on the rise since 1997 • In most of these years the rate of increase of Motorcycle rider fatalities has been higher than the rate of increase in Motorcycle registrations.

  6. Motorcycle Riders Killed and Injured,by Year, 1997-2003

  7. 2003 Data Show … • Motorcycle rider fatalities increased in all age groups But. . . the largest increase in number was in the 50 and over age group

  8. Number of Motorcycle Riders Killed,by Age Group

  9. Motorcyclists Killed, by Age Group, by Year Source: FARS

  10. Motorcycle Rider Fatality Rates,by Year, 1997-2002

  11. Long Term Trends

  12. Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT by Year Source: FARS/FHWA

  13. Fatality Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles by Year Source: FARS/FHWA

  14. Motorcyclists Killed (percent)by Age Group and Year Source: FARS

  15. Motorcyclists Killed*by Engine Size cc and Year Source: FARS *2003 data not available.

  16. Motorcyclists Killed* (percent) on 1,001-1,500 cc Engine Size by Age Group and Year Source: FARS *2003 data not available.

  17. 1990 to 2002 Data Show … • Mean age of Motorcyclist killed is increasing • Mean engine size of motorcycle involved in a fatal crash is increasing

  18. Mean Age of Motorcyclist Killed* and Mean Engine Size Involved* in Fatal Crashes Source: FARS *2003 data not available.

  19. NHTSA’s Analytical Reports on the Web • DOT HS 809 271 – Recent Trends in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2001/809-271.pdf • DOT HS 809 360 – Fatal Single Vehicle Motorcycle Crashes: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/Rpts/2001/809-360.pdf • DOT HS 809 387 – Motorcyclist Fatalities in 2000: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2001/809-387.pdf • DOT HS 809 548 – Motorcyclist Fatalities in 2001: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2003/809-548.pdf • DOT HS 809 576 – Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2003/809-576.pdf • DOT HS 809 734 – Motorcycle Riders in Fatal Crashes – Crash Stats: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2004/809734.pdf

  20. Questions?

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