{"id":12913,"date":"2025-09-15T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=12913"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:57:31","slug":"motorcycle-safety-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/motorcycle-safety-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Safety Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12915\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feller-Wendt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12915\" src=\"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feller-Wendt.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"268\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feller-Wendt.jpg 497w, https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Feller-Wendt-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>The Feller Wendt web page<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I got an email the other day from a law firm that does advocacy for motorcyclists involved in crashes. Feller &#038; Wendt, LLC\u2122 appears to operate only in Utah, Idaho, and Arizona but maybe they&#8217;re interested in my blog because they&#8217;re considering expanding to Colorado. Just speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, they were offering for my use here a link to an article they have put out that looked kind of interesting. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fellerwendt.com\/motorcycle-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motorcycle Safety:Understanding the Risk Through Statistics<\/a>&#8221; can be summed up by this introductory line: &#8220;This guide brings together the latest statistics and expert insights to help riders make informed choices. Whether you are a seasoned biker or just starting out, understanding the data can make a life-saving difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is broken down into these sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motorcycle Accidents: By the Numbers<\/li>\n<li>How Weather Conditions Impact Motorcycle Safety<\/li>\n<li>The Importance of Wearing Protective Gear<\/li>\n<li>Speeding: A Leading Factor in Motorcycle Accidents<\/li>\n<li>The Risks of Riding a Motorcycle at Night<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue and Motorcycle Safety: The Dangers of Riding While Tired<\/li>\n<li>Distracted Driving: A Growing Concern for Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Age and Its Impact on Motorcycle Safety<\/li>\n<li>Safety Tips for Beginner Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Road Safety Tips Every Motorcyclist Should Know<\/li>\n<li>Practice Driving Safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I took a look at each topic and while I can&#8217;t say I encountered anything that was completely new to me, some of it stuff I hadn&#8217;t thought about in a long time, so good to refresh. It&#8217;s not actually very long, and it does seem better conceived and put together than a lot of what you&#8217;ll find out there, so I&#8217;d say it is worth taking a look.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere is a delicate ridge one must ride between fear and reason on a motorcycle\u2014lean too far in either direction and there will be consequences.\u201d &#8212; Lily Brooks-Dalton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got an email the other day from a law firm that does advocacy for motorcyclists involved in crashes. Feller &#038; Wendt, LLC\u2122 appears to operate only in Utah, Idaho, and Arizona but maybe they&#8217;re interested in my blog because they&#8217;re considering expanding to Colorado. Just speculation. Nevertheless, they were offering for my use here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1526,1029],"class_list":["post-12913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","tag-feller-wendt","tag-motorcycle-crash-statistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12916,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12913\/revisions\/12916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}