What are the most common types of motorcycle crashes?
Crashes involving a motorcycle and at least one other vehicle accounted for 56 percent of all motorcycle fatal crashes in 2006. In 2-vehicle fatal crashes, 79 percent of the motorcycles involved were struck in the front and only 5 percent were hit in the rear. Forty percent of the two-vehicle crashes involved a vehicle turning left while the motorcycle was going straight, passing, or overtaking the vehicle. Crashing into a fixed object is a bigger problem on a motorcycle than it is for other motor vehicles. In 2006, 25 percent of motorcycles involved in fatal crashes collided with fixed objects, compared with 18 percent of cars in fatal crashes.
