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* Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/rss/content/safer_people/road_users/motorcyclists_crashes.htm|publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS)|title=Motorcyclists - Crashes|date=}}</ref> | * Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/rss/content/safer_people/road_users/motorcyclists_crashes.htm|publisher=Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS)|title=Motorcyclists - Crashes|date=}}</ref> | ||
According to 2005 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | According to 2005 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 4,008 motorcycle occupants were killed on United States roads in 2004, an 8% increase from 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saferoads.org/issues/fs-helmets.htm|title=Motorcycle Helmets Fact Sheet|publisher=Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety|accessdate=2007-06-26}}</ref> | ||
During that same period, drivers of automobiles showed a 10% increase in fatalities, and cyclists showed an 8% increase in fatalities. Pedestrians also showed a 10% increase in fatalities. A total of 37,304 automobile occupants were killed on U.S. roads in 2004.<ref>United States Department of Transportation, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia 1994-2005 [http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx]</ref> | During that same period, drivers of automobiles showed a 10% increase in fatalities, and cyclists showed an 8% increase in fatalities. Pedestrians also showed a 10% increase in fatalities. A total of 37,304 automobile occupants were killed on U.S. roads in 2004.<ref>United States Department of Transportation, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia 1994-2005 [http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx]</ref> | ||