Motorcycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries

Motorcycle fatalities include the number of motorcyclists and their passengers suffering fatal injuries in a motor vehicle traffic crash on Florida’s roadways during a calendar year. Motorcycle serious injuries account for the number of motorcyclists and their passengers suffering at least one disabling injury in a motor vehicle traffic crash on Florida’s roadways during a calendar year.

Methodology

Methodology: Motorcycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries

Motorcycle fatalities is the total number of motorcyclists and/or their passengers killed in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads within 30 days of the crash. The measure, motorcycle serious injuries, is the total number of incapacitating injuries sustained by motorcyclists and/or their passengers in a traffic crash on Florida's public roads.

Calculation

`"Motorcycle Fatalities" = ∑"Motorcyclist and Passengers Fatalities"`
`"Motorcycle Serious Injuries" = ∑"Motorcyclist and Passengers Serious Injuries"`

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Definitions

Definitions: Motorcycle Fatalities and Serious Injuries

  • Motorcycle: A motor vehicle with a seat or saddle for the driver's use, traveling with no more than three wheels in contact with the ground, excluding tractors and Mopeds.
  • Number of fatalities: Total number of people killed on roadways as a direct result of a traffic crash within thirty days of the crash occurrence.
  • Number of serious injuries: Number of disabling/incapacitating injuries (such as broken bones, severed limbs, etc.) from traffic crashes that prevent the injured individuals from engaging in normal activities and that usually require hospitalization and transport to a medical facility.
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Date of last refresh: 01/19/2024

SOURCES

For 2022: Signal Four Analytics (S4) database as of November 15, 2023; any figures that include the 2022 data are preliminary and may change with future updates;
Prior years: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) - Traffic Crash Facts Annual Report, FDOT State Safety Office