Number: RL34305
Title: Motorcycle Safety: Recent Trends, Congressional Action, and Selected Policy Options
Authors: David Randall Peterman, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report presents and analyzes crash data, which show that motorcycle fatalities are an increasing share of all motor vehicle fatalities in the United States. It examines the risk characteristics of motorcycles and motorcyclists, and the characteristics of fatal motorcycle crashes. The report then examines what the federal government is doing to try to reduce the rate of motorcycle fatalities. Finally, this report analyzes the issues surrounding what many experts consider to be the single most effective motorcycle safety strategy, the requirement that all motorcyclists wear a helmet that complies with federal safety standards (universal helmet law).
Pages: 15
Date: January 4, 2008