In Alabama, there are about two fatal motorcycle crashes in an average week, according to a database maintained by the University of Alabama.

AL.com reviewed five years of data on bike crashes collated by the institution’s Center for Advanced Public Safety—from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2025. It shows approximately 30 crashes per week.

The data conveys how many crashes are fatal but no information about the number of people who died in each.

These are what the data shows:

• May has the highest number of crashes.
• September has the most fatalities.
• April has the highest fatality rate from crashes.
• May has the lowest fatality rate from crashes, despite having the highest number of crashes.
• Most of the 7,777 collisions and 457 fatal crashes occurred on Saturday.
• Tuesday records the lowest number of crashes.
• Wednesday has the lowest crash fatality rate.
• Though Monday recorded a comparatively low number of crashes, more of them were fatal than on other days.

Two in three motorcycle crashes result in fatalities or injuries, compared to one in nine for all crash types.

The five years of data recorded 720,030 crashes from all causes, of which 564,713 had only property damage reported, or four in every five crashes.

The pattern flipped for motorcycle crashes, where there are more injuries than not. Out of 7,777 crashes, there are 2,127 property-damage-only incidents, or about one in every four.

While one in 17 motorbike crashes end in death, it’s 1 in 163 for all road crashes. Motorcycle crashes are, therefore, 864%, or 9.6 times, more likely to result in death.