Facts and statistics of motorcycle deaths in 2015. A comparison of US and European Union: - deaths, - roads, - age, - gender, - accident type.

1. 2 0 1 5 F A C T S A N D S T A T I S T I C S O F
MOTORCYCLE
DEATHS
In 2015 there were 11
motorcyclist deaths per
100 000 registered
motorcycles.
56 % of motorcyclists
are killed on inter-urban
roads.
Only 4 % of killed
motorcyclists were older
than 65 years. 57 % were
between 25 and 49 years.
94% od fatally injured
motorcyclists are men.
60 % motorcycle fatalities
occur on unbuilt-up roads.
30 % fatalities occurred in
single-vehicle accidents and
40 % in a collision with a
passenger car.
In 1997 there were 3106
deaths and 4693 deaths
in 2015.
48 % of motorcyclist
deaths occurred on major
roads.
35 % of all dead
motorcyclists are 50 +
and 30 % were younger
than 30.
91 % are male.
61 % of the female
motorcyclists who
died in crashes were
passengers.
Deaths were more likely
to occur in urban (49 %)
than rural areas (41%).
41 % of motorcyclist
deaths occurred in
single-vehicle crashes,
and 59 % in multiple
vehicles crashes.
DEATHS
ROADS
AGE
GENDER
ACCIDENT
TYPE
USA EU
SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motorcycle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/motorcycles/fatalityfacts/motorcycles
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/road_safety/pdf/vademecum_2015.pdf