Motorcycle Safety

The Federal Highway Administration is committed to identifying effective motorcycle safety countermeasures, promoting roadway maintenance and design practices that account for motorcycle-specific safety concerns, and maintaining a research program that supports an improved motorcycle riding environment on American highways.

On July 28, 2017, the Secretary approved the membership roster for the Motorcyclist Advisory Council (MAC) and the MAC was then formally established and operated. Since its establishment, MAC held five committee meetings and submitted a MAC recommendation report on March 11, 2020. The Secretary accepted the MAC report on November 16, 2020. Please use the link below to access the MAC recommendation report and meeting minutes of the five MAC committee meetings.

• Addressing the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Recommendations: Synthesis on Roadway Geometry, Pavement Design, and Pavement Construction and Maintenance Practices NEW!
• Addressing the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Recommendations: Synthesis on Barrier Design for Motorcyclist Safety
• Motorcyclist Advisory Council Recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration
• NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts: Motorcycles (2019 Data)
• Motorcyclist Advisory Council
• Motorcycle RSA Case Studies
• National Association of State Motorcycle Safety Administrators
• Motorcycle Crash Causation Study
• Infrastructure Countermeasures to Mitigate Motorcyclist Crashes in Europe
• Leading Practices for Motorcyclist Safety