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Motorcyclists killed in fatal crashes, by state

FARS records 56,262 motorcyclists killed in the United States from 2015 to 2024.

That is 14.5 percent of all deaths in fatal crashes.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.

The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Motorcyclists: share in the United States by year, 2015 to 2024, in percent

Table 1 has the numbers.

What the count is

The count is the drivers and passengers killed in a vehicle with a FARS body type of 80 to 89. These types are motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and other motored cycles.

A Two- Or Three-wheeled Motor Vehicle Designed To Transport One Or Two People, Including Motorscooters, Minibikes, And Mopeds.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, FARS Encyclopedia, Terms, entry "Motorcycle", copied on . NHTSA sets each word of this page with a capital letter.

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The United States by year

Table 1.Share of people killed who were motorcyclists in the United States, by year
YearShare, in percent
202415.9
202315.5
202214.6
202114.2
202014.4
201913.9
201813.7
201713.9
201614.1
201514.2

Note: the share is the share of people killed who were motorcyclists.

Each state

Table 2.Share of people killed who were motorcyclists: count and share of each state, 2015 to 2024, in name order
StateCountAll deaths in the stateShare, in percent
Alabama9089,6059.5
Alaska7872210.8
Arizona1,82210,93916.7
Arkansas8025,84613.7
California5,59939,70214.1
Colorado1,2666,51819.4
Connecticut5862,98319.6
Delaware1751,28713.6
District of Columbia5833517.3
Florida6,20632,68119.0
Georgia1,77415,80111.2
Hawaii2661,03525.7
Idaho3122,38713.1
Illinois1,52011,42313.3
Indiana1,3068,77314.9
Iowa5463,47715.7
Kansas5214,04512.9
Kentucky1,0087,68413.1
Louisiana8738,04510.9
Maine2591,59316.3
Maryland8065,54814.5
Massachusetts5723,66515.6
Michigan1,60910,56715.2
Minnesota6384,11115.5
Mississippi4747,0576.7
Missouri1,3489,55714.1
Montana2662,04613.0
Nebraska2582,34611.0
Nevada6963,55719.6
New Hampshire2771,22822.6
New Jersey8156,15013.3
New Mexico4984,09612.2
New York1,75610,68216.4
North Carolina2,04515,19213.5
North Dakota1391,06013.1
Ohio1,94511,89916.3
Oklahoma8736,76512.9
Oregon7235,21113.9
Pennsylvania2,02011,65017.3
Rhode Island11560119.1
South Carolina1,60810,47315.4
South Dakota2231,32316.9
Tennessee1,59211,57613.8
Texas5,02239,61612.7
Utah4262,82415.1
Vermont11564317.9
Virginia1,0648,66412.3
Washington9846,25715.7
West Virginia3382,72612.4
Wisconsin9415,95915.8
Wyoming1911,26015.2

Note: "Count" is deaths. The share shows the kind of crash that a state has. It does not show how many crashes the state has.

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Fatal Roads. Motorcyclists killed in fatal crashes, by state. https://fatalroads.com/factor/motorcycle/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, vehicle and person files of 2015 to 2024. Data to . How the figures are made.