Data shows dangers of riding a motorcycle in Tennessee, authorities urge caution [Video]

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee’s roads are dangerous for people on motorcycles.

According to a dashboard from the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security and the Tennessee Integrated Traffic Analysis Network, 2024 has already seen a higher total number of crashes than 2019. The data also showed that, as of publication, 23% of those crashes involved someone under the age of 25, 8.66% were the result of speeding and more than half of crashes involved a vehicle other than a motorcycle.

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Bubba Boswell, the president of Boswell Harley-Davidson in Nashville, told News 2 that his training courses emphasized the importance of learning to ride on the road with other drivers.

“There’s just so much more traffic,” Boswell said. “If you’re talking about Nashville, [there’s] just a lot of traffic around Nashville [and the] Middle Tennessee areas. Drivers don’t really see motorcycles.”

One area that has seen a fair share of crashes has been …