US Study: Planes, Trains and Motorcycles Are the Safest, a Surprising Accident-Rate Metric

Even if the frequency is low, the risk of serious injury is high on a motorcycle—that's the reality, so you can't afford to let your guard down.

That's a separate matter from statistics comparing accident counts against cars, so it's worth not mixing the two up.

Calling it counterintuitive just reflects how strongly society associates motorcycles with danger.

With a rate-per-registration metric, the result can swing completely depending on how it's calculated, so it's worth reading carefully.

Frequency and severity of accidents are two different things, so jumping to 'motorcycles are safe' from this stat alone seems premature.