Motorcycle Fatalities Increase in 2011

23 states did report fewer fatalities, but Alaska wasn’t one of them

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By Kate McPherson
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Story Created: May 23, 2012 at 7:40 PM AKDT

Story Updated: May 23, 2012 at 7:41 PM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - A report looking at motorcycle fatalities in 2011 says overall no progress was made in reducing deaths compared with 2010.

Though 23 states did report fewer fatalities, Alaska wasn’t one of them.

But it's not a significant increase for the Last Frontier.

According to the information provided for the national report, the number of deaths increased by from nine in the first nine months of 2010 to ten in the first nine months of 2011.

You can read the study by the Governors Highway Safety Association here.

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