Fatalities in traffic crashes involving all-terrain vehicles.

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National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA
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Abstract

Traffic fatalities related to on-road all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) represented 1 percent of total motor vehicle traffic fatalities each year from 2004 to 2013. The yearly ATV-related fatality counts from 2004 to 2013 ranged from a low of 307 in 2012 to a high of 381 in 2008. * Most of these ATV-related fatalities were ATV occupants who were (in no particular order and mutually exclusive): ATV operators (drivers), unhelmeted, killed in single-vehicle crashes, male, killed in rural areas, killed during the weekend, killed during night-time, and killed between May and September. * The majority of ATV occupant fatalities (operators and passengers) were 15 to 24 years old. * From 2004 to 2013, an estimated 39 percent of ATV operators involved in fatal crashes were legally alcohol-impaired with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) of .08 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or higher, compared to 28 percent for motorcycle operators, 23 percent for passenger car drivers, and 22 percent for light-truck drivers. * The States with the highest number of ATV occupant fatalities from 2004 to 2013 were West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas. (Author/publisher)

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20151514 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2015, 6 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts Research Note, Summary of Statistical Findings ; September 2015 / DOT HS 812 193

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