NATIONAL—A major British motorcycle manufacturer is facing a $2.9 million fine from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for failing to notify the NHTSA on time about a steering defect behind its September 2014 recall of more than 1,300 motorcycles. The NHTSA claims that the British manufacturer violated the Safety Act when it was…
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Times reports that the number of bicyclist deaths in the city of Tampa are down so far this year as compared with this time last year. However, it is also being reported that the number of motorcyclist deaths are up as compared with this time last year. Motorcycle accidents can result…
NEW TAMPA – Bay News 9 reports that a 26 year-old Tampa man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a vehicle that failed to yield to his right of way. The motorcyclist was ejected from his bike and died at the scene. Motorcycle accidents can result in serious bodily injury and…
PINELLAS COUNTY – According to BayNews9, Two people were injured in a crash that involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck on southbound Interstate 275. The accident happened about a quarter mile south of the southbound exit ramp to State Road 688 at 5:50 p.m. Law enforcement officials say a motorcycle with a male driver…
PORT RICHEY — According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a motorcyclist died after colliding with a pickup truck on U.S. 19. The motorcyclist was traveling south on his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle when a truck driving north on U.S. 19 turned left into his path. The collision happened just south of the Gulf View Square Mall….
ST. PETERSBURG – A Seminole man died early Saturday when he crashed his motorcycle on Tyrone Boulevard. The driver of the motorcycle was thrown from his bike at around 1:45 a.m. in the 3900 block of Tyrone Boulevard North. St. Petersburg police officials said the biker lost control of his 2008 Honda motorcycle before the…
PINELLAS COUNTY – According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Curlew and Fisher Roads near Dunedin. The biker was not wearing a helmet and ejected off the bike. He was transported by EMS to Mease Countryside Hospital and was pronounced dead around 7:30 a.m….
TAMPA – A motorcyclist died Wednesday night after riding between stopped cars on Interstate 4. According the the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) the cyclist lost control of his bike and sliding beneath a moving tow truck. The motorcyclist who was not wearing a helmet died at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
ST. PETERSBURG — Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday on Interstate 375. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver lost control of his control of his 1998 Kawasaki motorcycle just before noon on the Interstate 375 exit ramp. The driver of the cycle was exiting from northbound Interstate 275, and struck…
PINELLAS COUNTY – Two separate Pinellas motorcycle accidents leave one rider dead, another injured. One motorcyclist was killed and another injured in two separate crashes in Pinellas County on Wednesday September 30, 2009. The first accident occurred at the intersection of County Road 1 near San Christopher Drive in Dunedin. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office was…
