Year |
Fatalities |
Registered motorcycles |
Fatality rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
Vehicle miles traveled (millions) |
Fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
1998 |
2,294 |
3,879,450 |
59.13 |
10,283 |
22.31 |
1999 |
2,483 |
4,152,433 |
59.80 |
10,584 |
23.46 |
2000 |
2,897 |
4,346,068 |
66.66 |
10,469 |
27.67 |
2001 |
3,197 |
4,903,056 |
65.20 |
9,639 |
33.17 |
2002 |
3,270 |
5,004,156 |
65.35 |
9,552 |
34.23 |
2003 |
3,714 |
5,370,035 |
69.16 |
9,577 |
38.78 |
2004 |
4,028 |
5,767,934 |
69.83 |
10,122 |
39.79 |
2005 |
4,576 |
6,227,146 |
73.48 |
10,454 |
43.77 |
2006 |
4,837 |
6,678,958 |
72.42 |
12,049 |
40.14 |
2007 |
5,174 |
7,138,476 |
72.48 |
13,612 |
38.01 |
2008 |
5,290 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA=Data not available.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Federal Highway Administration. |