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Table
5.05 shows that crashes involving another
motor vehicle represented the majority of
motorcycle crashes (51%).
Forty-eight percent (48%) of fatal
motorcycle crashes involved another motor
vehicle.
Following the same pattern as motor
vehicle crashes, the majority of
motorcycle crashes (58%) occurred in
urban areas (Table 5.06). However, the
largest percentage of fatal motorcycle
crashes (48%) occur in rural areas. In
fact, rural motorcycle crashes were 3
times more likely to result in a fatality
compared to urban motorcycle crashes.
Table 5.07 shows that the leading
collisions for motorcycles were single
vehicle rollovers (32%) and
broadsides (25%). These were also
the leading injury motorcycle crash types
at 35% and 26% respectively. The
leading fatal collision type was a single
vehicle rollover (26%) followed by
head-on collision (17%). Motorcycle
head-on collisions were 28 times more
likely to result in a fatality than other
motorcycle collisions.
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