Motorcycle Fatalities 2007 Motorcycle rider fatalities as well as registrations have been on the rise since 1997. A recent report card issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2004 says that 4008 motorcyclists died in 2004 and 76,000 were injured. About half of all motorcycles involved in a fatal crash collided with another vehicle. A little over one-third of cyclists that died were speeding, approximately twice the rate for drivers of passenger vehicles or light trucks. Almost half of the fatal accidents show alcohol involvement. One out of four motorcycle operators that were involved in fatal crashes had an invalid license. Helmets saved approximately 1158 lives in 2003; another 640 lives could have saved if helmets were worn. Yorkshire police has kept up it's Bike Safe campaign, offering advanced riding guidance, together with a publicity road show which has attended events and rider meeting places across the county. Insp Charlton said: "The main thrust, though, has come from a tough enforcement policy. Extra patrols and extra checks, all backed by a well-publicised fast-track policy that can see extreme speeders stripped of their licences within a week of being caught - these are the key ingredients." And, he said, a great part of this effort was made possible by financial support from North Yorkshire County Council. He said: "We have provided officers prepared, literally, to go the extra mile and do extra targeted patrols; NYCC have, in their turn, backed publicity with practical action and funded much of this extra effort." Two teenagers, one on a moped, the other riding a relatively small 125cc machine, were killed in 2006. All the other riders killed were adults on full-size machines, many of them powerful sports bikes