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Motorcycles have a far higher rate of crippling and fatal [[accident]]s per unit distance than [[automobile]]s. According to the US Highway Safety Authority, in 2002 20.9 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 66.7 per 100,000. Given that motorcycles cover less distance than cars per year on average, the figure per unit distance is likely to be much worse. Many of these accident are caused by car drivers, though; they tend to underestimate the speed and acceleration of motorcycles, or to simply overlook them.  The most common type of motorcycle accident is caused by inattentive drivers making a turn directly in front of a motorcycle.