Motorcycle Crashes See Double-Digit Increases, Including Fatalities

Motorcycle crashes are on their way up, including those leading to rider fatalities, placing them in far greater danger than any other vehicle operators on the road.

According to a recently released report, fatal accidents rose by 11 percent from 2019 to 2020.

The report focused on a ValuePenguin study that examined fatal motorcycle crashes for the five years starting in 2016, the latest available data.

Riders are more than twice as likely to be involved in a deadly accident as other vehicle operators. It also represents an increase of more than double the 5 percent that it had been between the start and end of that time period.

According to the report, speeding was a factor in one in every three deadly motorcycle accidents that occurred during that time span.