| Year |
Fatalities |
Registered motorcycles |
Fatality rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
Vehicle miles traveled (millions) |
Fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
| 1999 |
2,483 |
4,152,433 |
59.80 |
10,584 |
23.46 |
| 2000 |
2,897 |
4,346,068 |
66.66 |
10,469 |
27.67 |
| 2001 |
3,197 |
4,903,056 |
65.20 |
9,633 |
33.19 |
| 2002 |
3,270 |
5,004,156 |
65.35 |
9,552 |
34.23 |
| 2003 |
3,714 |
5,370,035 |
69.16 |
9,576 |
38.78 |
| 2004 |
4,028 |
5,767,934 |
69.83 |
10,122 |
39.79 |
| 2005 |
4,576 |
6,227,146 |
73.48 |
10,454 |
43.77 |
| 2006 |
4,837 |
6,678,958 |
72.42 |
12,049 |
40.14 |
| 2007 |
5,174 |
7,138,476 |
72.48 |
21,369 |
24.18 |
| 2008 |
5,312 |
7,752,926 |
68.52 |
20,811 |
25.52 |
| 2009 |
4,462 |
7,929,724 |
56.27 |
20,800 |
21.45 |
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Federal Highway Administration. |