page_title: Transportation safety in the United States
section_title: By class of road users
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation safety in the United States / Road safety / By class of road users
caption_attribution_description: English: Annual US Motorcycle deaths by year. Sources [1][2][3][4]
context_page_description: Transportation safety in the United States encompasses safety of transportation in the United States, including automobile accidents, airplane crashes, rail crashes, and other mass transit incidents, although the most fatalities are generated by road accidents.
  The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles. For driving, the rate was 150 per 10 billion vehicle-miles for 2000: 750 times higher per mile than for flying in a commercial airplane.
  The U.S. government's National Center for Health Statistics reported 33,736 motor vehicle traffic deaths in 2014. This exceeded the number of firearm deaths, which was 33,599 in 2014. According to another U.S. government office, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roadways claimed 32,744 lives in 2014 and 35,092 in 2015.
context_section_description: Class of road user involved in crash death vary from state to state. Anyway, in 2016, amongst many US states, Wyoming has a higher percentage of deaths involving occupants of SUVs and pickups, Massachusetts has highest proportions of car occupant deaths,  District of Columbia has the highest percentage of motorcyclist deaths.
  The District of Columbia and New York have the highest percentage of pedestrian deaths.
  Although the number of motorcyclist death is lower than car's one, it is greater by traveled distance (miles or kilometers).
caption: Motorcycle fatality rate in U.S. by year
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