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Motorcycle safety concerns many aspects of vehicle and equipment design as well as operator skill and training that are unique to motorcycle riding. ==Accident rates== According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2006, 13.10 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 72.34 per 100,000 registered motorcycles. Motorcycles also have a higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with automobiles. Per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists' risk of a fatal crash is 35 times greater than a passenger car.〔 In 2004, figures from the UK Department for Transport indicated that motorcycles have 16 times the rate of serious injuries compared to cars. A national study by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS) found that: * Motorcycle rider death rates increased among all rider age groups between 1998 and 2000 * Motorcycle rider deaths were nearly 30 times more than drivers of other vehicles * Motorcycle riders aged below 40 are 36 times more likely to be killed than other vehicle operators of the same age. * Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS) )〕 According to 2005 data from the NHTSA, 4,008 motorcycle riders were killed on United States roads in 2004, an 8% increase from 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Motorcycle Helmets Fact Sheet )〕 During that same period, drivers of automobiles showed a 10% increase in fatalities, while cyclists showed an 8% increase in fatalities. Pedestrians also showed a 10% increase in fatalities. A total of 37,304 automobile occupants were killed on U.S. roads in 2004.〔United States Department of Transportation, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia 1994-2005 ()〕 Additional data from the United States reveals that there are over four million motorcycles registered in the United States. Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately five percent of all highway fatalities each year, yet motorcycles represent just two percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection in a crash. For example, approximately 80 percent of reported motorcycle crashes result in injury or death; a comparable figure for automobiles is about 20 percent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Motorcycle safety」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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