About three quarters of motorcycle accidents are a result ofa collision with another vehicle. Around one quarter of the motorcycleaccidents involve one car and the motorcycle colliding with the roadway. Therereally is a very low rate of accidents where vehicle failure is involved. Inabout two thirds of the motorcycle accidents rider error was the primary cause.The biggest errors were caused by over breaking and excess speed.

A very miniscule percent of motorcycle accidents were aresult of roadway defects and animals. In motorcycle accidents that involvedmultiple vehicles, in two thirds of the cases the other driver caused theaccident by violating the cyclist's right of way. The biggest reason formotorcycle accidents is that drivers fail to observe motorcycles in trafficresulting in the majority of collisions.

The most common place for a motorcycle accident to occur isat an intersection where usually another car will violate the cyclist?sright-of-way. In almost 100 percent of motorcycle accidents, statisticsindicate that weather is not a factor. Oddly enough, most motorcycle accidentsalso occur on short trips such as daily errands rather than on long ventures.When speed was a factor, the median or average speed prior to the crash was29.8 mph and the median crash speed was 21.5 mph.

Almost all motorcycle accidents occur with male motorcycleriders and almost all motorcycle accidents involved riders without training orthat were self-taught. It is proven that rider training reduces the risk ofaccidents significantly. Over half of the motorcycle riders that were involvedin accidents had been riding for less than five months. A large portion ofmotorcycle accidents occur because someone is not paying attention and almosthalf of motorcycle fatalities involved alcohol.