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Re: Death data from the NHTSA
Well, here's something cut from the NHTSA website:
Looks like I'm going to get centerpunched soon, since I'm over 45, and ride a big fast bike. I do wear a helmet , though. Full face.
There are some real interesting charts & graphs on the NHTSA site regarding motorcycle crashes & fatalities.
Rider deaths maxed around 1980, with over 5000 fatalities, when there was pretty much no helmet law, nationwide.
According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 2001 data, while total traffic deaths in the United States increased by four tenths of a percent (+0.4%) from previous year, motorcycle deaths were up by 10 percent.
Motorcyclist fatalities increased for the fourth year in a row since reaching a historic low of 2,116 fatalities in 1997. In 2001, 3,181 motorcyclists were killed, an increase of 1,065 fatalities (or over 50 percent) between 1997 and 2001. Without this substantial increase in motorcyclist fatalities between 1997 and
2001, overall highway fatalities would have
experienced a marked reduction of about 2.5 percent over this same time frame.
Motorcyclist Fatalities on 1,001-1,500 cc Engine
by Year and Age Group:
Between 1990 and 2001, Table 8 (above)
showed that motorcyclist fatalities increased only in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size motorcycles. Analysis of data from Table 9 and Figure 5 show that the number of motorcyclist fatalities in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size category has increased only in the 40-
49 and over 49 age groups between 1990 and 2001.
The motorcyclist fatalities in the 40-49 age group have been steadily increasing each year since 1992. Similarly, motorcyclist fatalities in the over 49-age group have been steadily increasing each year since 1993.
The motorcyclist fatalities in the 40 and over
age group in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size have been increasing even though overall motorcyclist fatalities have reduced from 1990 to 1997. The number of motorcyclist fatalities in the 40-49 age group has increased by a factor of 3.6 between 1990 and 2001.
Similarly motorcyclist fatalities in the over 49-age group have increased by a factor of 4.4
between 1990 and 2001. These numbers indicate the involvement of larger motorcycles like 1,001-1,500 cc engine size group by age groups 40 and over infatal crashes.
The percentage of motorcyclist fatalities in
the 40 and over age group has increased from 27 percent in 1990 to 62 percent in 2001 in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size category.
Almost two thirds (62 percent) of the motorcyclist fatalities in 2001 were in
the 40 and over age group and the remaining one third in under 40-age group. In 1990, three fourths (74 percent) of motorcyclist fatalities were in the under 40-age group compared to 27 percent in the 40
and over age group.
Heres a link with all the charts & graphs:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/esv/esv18/CD/Files/18ESV-000247.pdf
Well, here's something cut from the NHTSA website:
Looks like I'm going to get centerpunched soon, since I'm over 45, and ride a big fast bike. I do wear a helmet , though. Full face.
There are some real interesting charts & graphs on the NHTSA site regarding motorcycle crashes & fatalities.
Rider deaths maxed around 1980, with over 5000 fatalities, when there was pretty much no helmet law, nationwide.
According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 2001 data, while total traffic deaths in the United States increased by four tenths of a percent (+0.4%) from previous year, motorcycle deaths were up by 10 percent.
Motorcyclist fatalities increased for the fourth year in a row since reaching a historic low of 2,116 fatalities in 1997. In 2001, 3,181 motorcyclists were killed, an increase of 1,065 fatalities (or over 50 percent) between 1997 and 2001. Without this substantial increase in motorcyclist fatalities between 1997 and
2001, overall highway fatalities would have
experienced a marked reduction of about 2.5 percent over this same time frame.
Motorcyclist Fatalities on 1,001-1,500 cc Engine
by Year and Age Group:
Between 1990 and 2001, Table 8 (above)
showed that motorcyclist fatalities increased only in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size motorcycles. Analysis of data from Table 9 and Figure 5 show that the number of motorcyclist fatalities in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size category has increased only in the 40-
49 and over 49 age groups between 1990 and 2001.
The motorcyclist fatalities in the 40-49 age group have been steadily increasing each year since 1992. Similarly, motorcyclist fatalities in the over 49-age group have been steadily increasing each year since 1993.
The motorcyclist fatalities in the 40 and over
age group in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size have been increasing even though overall motorcyclist fatalities have reduced from 1990 to 1997. The number of motorcyclist fatalities in the 40-49 age group has increased by a factor of 3.6 between 1990 and 2001.
Similarly motorcyclist fatalities in the over 49-age group have increased by a factor of 4.4
between 1990 and 2001. These numbers indicate the involvement of larger motorcycles like 1,001-1,500 cc engine size group by age groups 40 and over infatal crashes.
The percentage of motorcyclist fatalities in
the 40 and over age group has increased from 27 percent in 1990 to 62 percent in 2001 in the 1,001-1,500 cc engine size category.
Almost two thirds (62 percent) of the motorcyclist fatalities in 2001 were in
the 40 and over age group and the remaining one third in under 40-age group. In 1990, three fourths (74 percent) of motorcyclist fatalities were in the under 40-age group compared to 27 percent in the 40
and over age group.
Heres a link with all the charts & graphs:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/esv/esv18/CD/Files/18ESV-000247.pdf
