Showing posts with label stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stats. Show all posts

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Percentage of Traffic Fatalities, by Person Type, 2009 and 2018

Latest Motorcycle Safety data.

TLDR - Safest conditions to drive a motorcycle

  1. Age 40-49 years.
  2. Not drunk or high.
  3. Helmet a must, better full gear of course.
  4. Bike upto 500cc - or bigger but reduced power output (A1 in Israel).
  5. Speeding is bad (31% fatal).
  6. If you have previous driving records - red flag for you.
  7. Only 35% fatals at intersections - awareness while moving!
According to US stats, being nonoccupant becomes more dangerous that motorcyclist.

Source - https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812961




For more detailed information, view the 2018 Pedestrians Fact Sheet at https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812850.pdf

For more detailed information, view the 2018 Motorcycles Fact Sheet at https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812979.pdf

Fatality Facts 2019
https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/motorcycles-and-atvs 

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Summary of Motor Vehicle Crashes

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812794
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812785
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#/DocumentTypeList/11

There were 783 pedalcyclist deaths in 2017, which accounted for 2.1% of all traffic fatalities during the year.
Of the 37,133 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2017 in the United States, 1,147 (3%) were children 14 and younger.
In 2017, there were 6,784 people 65 and older killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States, 18% of all traffic fatalities.
In 2017, there were 5,977 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes. Pedestrian deaths accounted for 16% of all traffic fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes.
In 2017, there were 1,830 young drivers who died in motor vehicle crashes.
In 2017, there were 4,761 people killed in crashes involving large trucks.
In 2017, there were 5,172 motorcyclists killed.

Just saving it here for the reference...