Motorcycle accidents are never easy events. The resulting carnage often cuts short lives far too soon.<\/p>\n
Whether you realize it or not, motorcycle deaths account for one out of every eight road fatalities. The interesting thing about a recent study done on this phenomenon is that the statistics reveal that African Americans are at a higher risk than Caucasians to be involved in a motorcycle crash. In fact, they show that for every two white bikers who die, three African Americans do not survive their crashes.<\/p>\n
Johns Hopkins achieved these statistics by analyzing some 68,840 motorcycle crash accident files between 2002 and 2006 held by the National Trauma Data Bank. The results of their findings were startling in that the numbers clearly showed that African American bikers were more likely to die than their white counterparts, even though more African Americans tend to wear helmets. Statistics like these are often used in court (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Motorcycle accidents are never easy events. The resulting carnage often cuts short lives far too soon. Whether you realize it or not, motorcycle deaths account for one out of every eight road fatalities. The interesting thing about a recent study…<\/span><\/p>\n