Category Archives: Motorcycle Accidents
Is It Time for a Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law in Hawaii?
The Hawaii State Department of Health addressed motorcycle rider safety in its injury prevention plan for the years 2012 to 2017. The report began with a review of unsettling statistics from 2005 to 2009, when, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than two-thirds of fatally injured motorcycle riders (67 percent) and […]
Two People Seriously Injured in Recent Kalihi Motorcycle Accident
A motorcycle and car collided July 8 in Kalihi, resulting in the 30-year-old motorcyclist suffering critical injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman, also sustained serious injuries in the crash. The police immediately closed the Ewa-bound lanes of the boulevard to allow traffic division officers to examine the scene. They found that the motorcycle, which was […]
