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Hawaii has been named the most dangerous state for two-wheelers, with either a pedal or motor-bike involved in nearly a third of fatal crashes.
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Mississippi is the only state where less than 1 in 10 fatal crashes involved two-wheelers.
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Georgia had the fifth-lowest percentage of fatal crashes involving a two-wheeled vehicle.
A new study reveals that Mississippi, Alabama and Nebraska are the three states where the lowest percentage of fatal crashes involve a two wheeled vehicle. Mississippi was the only state in the US where less than one in ten fatal road incidents involved some variety of bike.
Florida personal injury law firm Anidjar & Levine studied the latest NHTSA data on the volume of fatal collisions between 2017 and 2021. They compared the volume of total fatal crashes to the volume of deadly crashes involving pedal-cyclists and motorcyclists, to find the state with the highest percentage of fatal crashes involving two-wheeled vehicles.
Hawaii topped the list, despite being in the bottom five states for road fatalities, with only 483 deaths over the five-year parameters of the NHTSA data – largely due to the state’s low population. Of those deaths, 151 involved some version of bike, meaning that such collisions accounted for almost one in three (31.26%) fatal crashes in the state – the highest ratio in all 50 states.
Coming in at second place is Florida, with around 1 in 4 (24.75%) fatal accidents found to involve a two-wheeled vehicle. The state placed in the top three for total road incidents resulting in at least one casualty and topped the chart for both fatal motorcycle and bicycle accidents.
Rhode Island rounds off the podium places as the third most dangerous state for two-wheelers. Following a similar trend to Hawaii, Rhode Island has a relatively low volume (313) of fatal road accidents. However, motorcycles account for 67 of these, and the inclusion of 7 fatal bicycle incidents brings the state’s likelihood of a…
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