Todie's Wild Ride- Motorcycle Safety Facts

This coin is being released to help raise awareness of motorcycles on the roads.

This coin is in memory of Todie Phillips of Manitou Beach, MI. He passed away August 12 2008 as a result of a motorcycle accident, he was only 49 years old.

FACTS ABOUT MOTORCYCLE SAFETY

*Between 2002 and 2007, U.S. motorcyclist fatalities increased by 57%, from 3,276 to 5,154.
*In 2007, there was a 7% annual increase in motorcycle fatalities (from 4837 in 2006).
*An estimated 142,000 motorcyclists have died in traffic crashes since the enactment of the Highway Safety and National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.
*There were 103,000 motorcyclists injured during 2007.
*Motorcycles made up nearly 3 percent of all registered vehicles in the United States in 2006, and accounted for only 0.4 percent of all vehicle miles traveled, but account for 13% of all highway fatalities, 14% of all occupant fatalities, and 4 % of all occupants injured.
*Per vehicle mile traveled in 2006, motorcyclists were about 35 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and 8 times more likely to be injured.
*Per registered vehicle, the fatality rate for motorcyclists in 2006 was 5.5 times the fatality rate for passenger car occupants.
*The injury rate for motorcyclists was 1.2 times the injury rate for passenger car occupants.

Get involved and take the necessary precautions that will help make this the first year in recent years when motorcycle fatalities do not increase. Do your part by safely “Sharing the Road” with motorcycles