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From 1980 motorcycle ownership among riders aged 40 and over increased dramatically, from 15.1 percent of all riders in 1980 to 43.7 percent in 1998. The mean engine displacement of the motorcycles involved in fatal crashes also increased, from an average engine size of 769 cc (46.9 cu in) in 1990, to 959 cc (58.5 cu in) in 2001, an increase of ...
Motorcycle rider deaths were nearly 30 times more than drivers of other vehicles; Motorcycle riders aged below 40 are 36 times more likely to be killed than other vehicle operators of the same age. Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age. [10]
Between 1997 and 2008, motorcycle rider annual fatalities increased from 2,116 to 5,290 – a 150 percent jump, according to U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. In 2008 alone, deaths due to motorcycle crashes rose by an estimated 2.2 percent while all other vehicle classes saw reductions in fatalities.
Life expectancy in the US already falls behind many other developed countries, putting us in 49th place in global rankings in 2022 — but a new report says we’ll drop even further to 66th place ...
Motorcycle tour of Death Valley turns fatal as thermometer cracks 128 degrees. Matt Hamilton. July 7, 2024 at 6:10 PM. ... One of the riders was pronounced dead at the site, and another person ...
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
Austin Butler is the face of “The Bikeriders,” but make no mistake, British actor Tom Hardy is the star of this fictionalized tale of the Outlaws MC motorcycle club.. Chameleon that Hardy is ...
The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...