A student at the University of West Georgia (UWG) was reportedly killed on Saturday when his motorcycle struck the side of a car that had improperly turned. Twenty-year-old Matthew Benjamin Dyas was riding his motorcycle on Lovvorn Road outside the entrance to the UWG football stadium when a car driven by an reportedly intoxicated Gloria Faith Dupree turned left into the path of Dyas’ motorcycle, according to the Times-Georgian. The accident...
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In Lowndes County, a school bus and motorcycle accident has left one man injured, according to WCTV.tv. The biker, 22-year-old Arrington Perry, was struck by a school bus on Skipper Bridge Road. He was waiting to turn when the bus driver, later cited with following too closely, plowed into him without any apparent attempt to slow down, according to an eyewitness report. The bus driver, 78-year-old Mae White, has reportedly been suspended pending further investigation by the school system.

No children were...
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A Georgia moped accident left a rider seriously injured on the morning of September 14, 2011. Jason Herod, age 34, was struck by another driver as he proceeded southbound on Sardis Church Road in Moultrie, according to a report in the Moultrie Observer. The driver of the car was reportedly charged with multiple offenses, including driving with a suspended license, failure to yield, probation violation, and DUI less safe, meaning police will need to testify to his inebriation, as opposed to...
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While riding his motorcycle, an Atlanta resident was fatally struck by a suspected drunk driver, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The accident occurred when a 23-year-old allegedly turned into the path of the motorcycle with his Pontiac G6 just before midnight on August 6th, 2011.  

Investigators report that the driver had his 16-year-old brother and one other person in the car with him at the time of the accident. According to local news channels, he was arrested and...
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A common misconception about motorcycle accidents with other cars is that they are often the fault of the cyclist. Perhaps this is due to the popular perception of bikers as more reckless than standard automobile drivers. However, it is interesting to note that, in multiple-vehicle accidents involving motorcycles, the fault of the crash usually rests with the driver of a car. What’s more, these accidents carry a 98% chance of injury.

Motorcycles are hard to see in traffic for a number of reasons. They are smaller and also have less reflective surface than a...
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Two tragic motorcycle accidents in Georgia have resulted in the loss of both an impressive Georgia Tech graduate and veteran police officer in the span of just two weeks. Sergeant Woody Hudgens, 45, of Centerville, Georgia was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Russell Parkway and Corder Road. Liam Rattray, who graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology just last month, was killed in the Little Five Points neighborhood when a Read More