Motorcycle crashes aren’t necessarily more common than car crashes or accidents in other vehicles, but they still caused as many as 4,976 fatalities in 2015. Perhaps the most important statistic when it comes to is motorcycle accidents is that when they do happen, the potential for damage is much higher. 2015, motorcyclists were 29 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per vehicle mile traveled, and almost five times more likely to be injured. Here are some things you can do to avoid getting in these accidents and mitigate damage if you do.