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Among male drivers of passenger vehicles involved in fatal crashes in 2005, 38 percent were unrestrained at the time of the collision. (NHTSA 2005 Traffic Safety Facts Overview)

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Motorcycle Rally Next Week Points to Problem of Increasing Rider Deaths, Especially Older Drivers

Posted: July 30, 2002

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(IIHS NEWS) ARLINGTON, VA -- Pedestrian and other kinds of deaths in motor vehicle crashes are generally declining, but deaths of motorcyclists have been increasing since 1997. In recent years, the age mix of fatally injured motorcyclists has changed. More of the riders who get killed are in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, and fewer are in their teens and 20s. As a result, the proportion of all fatally injured riders 40 and older was 40 percent in 2000, up from 14 percent in 1990.

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