Deadly Motorcycle Crash Shuts Down Moreland Avenue

FARS Data Released for 2021

Moreland Avenue south of I-20 was shut down for several hours Thursday morning while police investigated a deadly motorcycle crash. The footage was captured by an NBC Dateline crew. The following data for 2021 is as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Motorcycle Crashes in Georgia

This FARS data for the state of Georgia can be broken down as follows:

• Fatal Motorcycle Crashes: 194
• Motorcycle Crashes Involving Two Riders and a Pedestrian: 15

The fact sheet found that for every 100,000 registered motorcycles, there were 194.15 motorcycle crashes. The Atlanta region accounted for 42% of motorcycle crashes with findings that 42% of motorcycle crashes involved a single motorcycle.

Recent Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Atlanta News First reported that all northbound lanes of I-85 were back open near Pleasantdale Road after a fatal accident Thursday night according to DeKalb County police. No further details have been released at this time.