Motorcycle Fatalities for Baby Boomers Rising - Down in Iowa

Steve Lombardi

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We are doing it to ourselves. After almost a lifetime of work the Baby Boomers are taking time off and getting ready for retirement. More of us are buying that Harley-Davidson we always wanted and taking to the road in droves. More than 25% of the bikes registered in 2003 were owned by people 50 and older. People 40 and over own 53% of the motorcycles.

And guess what fatalities among motorcycle drivers increased 5.1% in 2006 to 4,810 people. That figure coincides with the older motorcycle driver. Don't think it can't happen to you.

So while the overall death rate of motor vehicle related deaths declined nationally the toll for Baby Boomers on bikes increased. They increased 5.1% nationally.

Iowa showed a 2.4% decrease in people killed in motor vehicle crashes between 2005 and 2006. Illinois showed an 8% decline, Minnesota 12% decline, Missouri -2.1%, Nebraska -2.5% and Wisconsin -11%. So overall the Midwest was safer in 2005 than in 2006.

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