Motorcycle Accidents

We talked last week how helmets can help protect the brain from serious injury during an accident, but traumatic brain injuries are not the only injury caused. Spinal cord injuries often occur in motorcycle accidents when the driver is thrown from the small vehicle. While a helmet may protect the brain, it does not protect […]

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation announced the promotion of Robert Gladden, an advocate of motorcycle safety and a life-long motorcycle enthusiast, to Vice President of the foundation. Gladden will hold the safety of California motorists in his hands as he has been given the task of overseeing the people who manage the California Motorcyclist Safety Program

Time and time again, drivers are warned about paying close attention to the road that they share with motorcycles. Motorcycles are small, elusive vehicles that can easily be missed, hidden in the blind spots of other, larger vehicles and accidents involving motorcycles have a higher rate of causing serious injury or death.

So often people are inundated with the warning that when a motorcycle is involved in an accident with a larger vehicle, the injuries are usually life-threatening for the motorcyclist and minor for the auto driver and passengers, but it is still the truth. Accidents involving a motorcycle more often than not result in serious bodily

Police responded to a 911 call late Tuesday evening about a motorcycle accident that occurred at some point in time shortly before the call. From what is currently known by police, there were no witnesses to the accident besides the victims involved. According to police reports, several drivers reported seeing a motorcycle stranded in between

Representatives of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation traveled across the North Atlantic Ocean to attend the 8th International Motorcycle Conference in Cologne, Germany and hosted by Germany’s Institute for Motorcycle Safety. Motorcyclists in California and across the world are seriously injured in motorcycle accidents on a daily basis. Manufacturers and developers in the recent past have

Earlier this month, a man stole a van and attempted to flee from law enforcement officials. 43-year-old officer Patrick Bower had attempted to stop the suspect when the suspect deliberately ran into him. Bower had been riding an official motorcycle making him even more vulnerable to injuries. When the driver of the van ran into

A study done by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that African-American victims were 1.5 times more likely to die from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident even though they were 30 percent more likely to be wearing helmets.