1. Introduction
•The most frequent ways motorcycle accidents happen.
•The possibility of being killed or injured in a motorcycle
accident.
•Wearing protective gear can make a significant difference.
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2. Introduction
MAIDS (Motorcycle Accident in Depth Study) report:
•Conducted in 1999 and 2000.
•921 accidents and over 900 control cases.
The Hurt Report
•Began in 1976 and published in 1981.
•Over 900 accidents.
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3. Circumstances of the Accidents
• Perception failure
• No collision avoidance maneuvers in 69 percent of accidents.
• Violating the right of way
• The other vehicle violates the right of way 2/3 of the time.
• 72.3 percent of accidents occur in urban areas.
• 54.3 percent of accidents occur at an intersection.
• 60 percent of collisions are with a passenger car.
• 80 percent for all vehicles.
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4. The Risk of Death or Injury
• For every 100,000 registered vehicles
• There are 13 fatalities involving cars
• There are 72 fatalities involving motorcycle. (NHTSA)
• Motorcycle fatality
• Per vehicle mile, a motorcycle is 35 times more likely to be
involved in a fatal accident. (NHTSA)
• Alcohol was a contributing factor in almost half of the
motorcycle fatalities. (Hurt Report)
• 10.5 percent of accidents resulted in a death.
• 97 of the 921 accidents reviewed on the MAIDS report were
fatal. (MAIDS)
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5. The Risk of Death or Injury (continued)
• Rate of Death or Injury
• 80 percent of motorcycle accidents result in injury or death.
• 20 percent of car accidents result in injury or death.
• 55 percent of fatalities involved another vehicle in 2006.
(NHTSA)
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6. Prevention of Injury or Death
• Wearing a helmet
• Reduced injury in 33.2 percent of crashes.
• Prevented injury in 35.5 percent of crashes.
• Upper torso protective clothing
• Reduced injury in 45.4 percent of crashes.
• Prevented injury in 19.2 percent of crashes.
• Lower torso protective clothing
• Reduced injury 50.2 percent of the time.
• Prevented injury 11.1 percent of the time.
• Wearing protective footwear reduced/prevented injury
48.7 percent of the time.

7. Conclusion
• It is my hope that from this data you are now more
informed about motorcycle accidents and the
circumstances surrounding them.
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8. Works Cited
• The University of Wisconsin. (20080. Hurt Report
Summary. Retrieved from
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~john/vfr/hurt.html
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2012).
Retrieved from http://www.nhtsa.gov/
• MAIDS Study. (2004). MAIDS Report. Retrieved from
http://www.maids-study.eu/index.html
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