Congratulation to Joe Slaon for winning the Utah Highway Safety Office's "Drive Aware.  Ride Aware" motorcycle safety video contest.  Joe wan $1,000 for his four-hour effort.  If you page down on the HSO facebook page you can find the motorcycle safety awareness video. Joe looks like a new driver but he has some sage words of advice and references statistics to bolster his point.  He says that one out of nine highway fatalities are those riding a motorcycle and that number is rising.  Here are some other interesting statistics:

• Motorcycle crashes most often occur in Utah between 4 and 6 p.m.
• Most motorcycle crashes in Utah occur on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• Motorcycle riders ages 20 to 24 are most involved in motorcycle crashes in Utah.
• Most motorcycle crashes in Utah occur between 30 to 39 mph.
• The number of motorcycle crashes in Utah per miles travel are increasing.
• The number of motorcycle deaths in Utah per miles travelled are static.
• The number of crashes per registered motorcycles in Utah are dropping.

• The number of motorcycle deaths per registered motorcycles in Utah are dropping.
• Of all vehicle crashes in Utah motorcycle crashes are increasing and account for about 12% of all crashes.
• Most motorcycle crashes in Utah occur in Salt Lake County, followed by Utah, Weber and Davis counties.
• If you are in a motorcycle crash in Utah you are 2.4% likely to be killed.
• If you are in a motorcycle crash in Utah you are 7 times more likely to be killed than in a car crash.
• Males are involved in about 83% of motorcycle crashes in Utah.
• About half of those involved in a motorcycle crash in Utah were wearing helmets.
• Most motorcycle crashes in Utah involve collision with another vehicle.
• When motorcycle crashes in Utah involve another vehicle the other vehicle most likely failed to yield the right of way.
• When the motorcyclist is at fault most often they performed an improper lane change or were following too close.

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