NORTH CAROLINA MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FACTS
Serge Semirog
- Motorcycles represent about 2 percent of all registered vehicles in NC, but account for about 10 percent of all fatalities on our roads;
- As of September 1st of 2007, 63 % of all crashes involving motorcycles were single vehicle crashes (motorcycle only);
- Of those crashes involving other vehicles, over half (53%) were the fault of the motorcyclist;
- Of those motorcyclist at fault crashes 81% occurred when the rider crossed the centerline either while passing another vehicle or while negotiating a curve;
- Of those other vehicle at fault crashes 57% were failure to yield right of way at an intersection and 43% were turning left across the motorcycles path;
- The majority (82.7%) of motorcycle fatal crashes occurred because of the fault of the motorcyclist.