It is encouraging to see a drop in the overall crash numbers yet concerning to note the surge in incidents involving our most vulnerable road users: pedestrians and bicyclists. July 2024
Katie Bower, Director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP)
Crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists increased in 2023, Michigan state data shows.
Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center
Vulnerable road user fatality rates are increasing, and distracted driving is a contributing factor.
nhtsa.gov
Motorcycles make up 3% of all registered vehicles in the U.S. and accounted for 14.6% of all traffic fatalities, and 3.5% of all injuries in 2022 – an increase of 1.2% from the previous year.
injuryfacts.nsc.org
A total of 621 bicyclists were killed in crashes with motor vehicles in 2022.
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Not all vehicles are equipped with crash avoidance technologies, and those that are require a direct line of sight for the technology to work.
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2021, the number of deaths on motorcycles was nearly 24 times the number in cars.
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
Although child bicyclist deaths have declined, deaths among bicyclists age 20 and older have increased.
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
