In 2017, there were 3,722 total motorcycle accidents throughout North Carolina. This number includes 145 fatal crashes and 2,991 injury crashes. As you may expect the majority of all motorcycle accidents happened during the spring and summer, from April to September. They peaked in July, at 428 accidents.
Fatal injuries were common throughout the year. There were 18 fatal wrecks in August, and 16 in both September and April. Injury accidents, on the other hand, followed a similar trend as accidents in general, meaning they were most common during the warm months. The most injuries occurred in July, with 404 wrecks.
In Buncombe County, home to Asheville, there were 111 total motorcycle accidents in 2017. These included 88 nonfatal injury wrecks, resulting in 105 total injuries, in addition to 6 fatal wrecks resulting in 6 deaths. That means there were 28 motorcycle crashes that resulted in property damage only.