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| Review of State Motorcycle Safety Program Technical Assessments |
| A key effort initiated by NHTSA, aimed at promoting motorcycle safety and understanding the factors that contribute to motorcycle crashes, is the State Motorcycle Safety Program Technical Assessments ("State Assessments"), which provide comprehensive reviews of State motorcycle safety programs and practices. During the assessments, reviewers examine the policies States have implemented to promote motorcycle safety and offer recommendations for additional steps States may take to encourage safe riding and reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities. |
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NCSA Technical Report (DOT-HS-811-082) Jan 2009
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| 2007 FARS/GES Traffic Safety Facts Annual Report (Early Edition) |
| The FARS/GES Annual Report (Early Edition) does not contain 2007 exposure data (i.e., vehicle miles traveled, registered vehicles, licensed drivers) and other data points. However, as soon as the exposure data is available, the Final Version of this report will be made available.
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FARS/GES Annual Report (DOT-HS-811-002) (Early Edition)
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| Alcohol-Impaired 21- to 24 Year Old Drivers During the December Holidays |
| Fatal crash data has consistently shown drivers 21 to 24 years old have the highest level of involvement in alcohol-impaired driving fatalities, compared to drivers of all other ages. In 2007, more than one-third (35%) of 21- to 24-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes were alcohol-impaired (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] .08+ grams per deciliter). While drivers 21 to 24 constituted 11 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2007. Click on the link below to read the entire Crash*Stats |
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NCSA Crash*Stat (DOT-HS-811-063)
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| Early Estimate of Traffic Fatalities from January to October 2008 |
| A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for the first ten months of 2008 shows a significant decline of about 10 percent as compared to fatalities from the same period in 2007. Click the link below to read the entire Crash*Stat. |
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NCSA Crash*Stats (DOT-HS-811-054) Posted 12/11/08
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| Lives Saved in 2007 by Restraint Use & Minimum Drinking Age Laws |
| In 2007, 15,147 lives were saved by seat belts (occupants age 5 and older), 2,788 lives were saved by frontal air bags (occupants age 13 and older), 1,784 lives were saved by motorcycle helmets, 826 lives (ages 18, 19, and 20) were saved by 21-year-old minimum drinking age laws, and 382 lives (age 4 and under) were saved by child restraints (child safety seats and lap/shoulder belts). |
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NCSA Crash*Stat (DOT-HS-811-049) Posted 11/6/2008
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| Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2008 -- Overall Results |
| Use of DOT-compliant helmets in 2008 stood at 63 percent, a gain from 58 percent in 2007. Other important findings from this research note are that motorcycle helmet use continues to be higher in states that require all motorcyclists to wear helmets and that helmet use has increased on expressways and in urban areas. |
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NCSA Research Note (DOT-HS-811-044) Posted 10/06/08
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