Fatal crash profile · Model

Harley-Davidson Fat Boy

Compared with Harley-Davidson · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
231
Fatal crashes
231
Deaths inside
226
Other deaths
14

Between 2020 and 2024, 231 vehicles described as Harley-Davidson Fat Boy were involved in 231 fatal crashes in the United States. 226 people died inside these vehicles and 14 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other motorcycles or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 39
2021 52
2022 38
2023 56
2024 46

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

94%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Harley-Davidson: 93%
  • About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 40 2
2021 51 3
2022 38 3
2023 53 4
2024 44 2

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

23%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 85 percent of the share for Harley-Davidson: 27%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

32%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Harley-Davidson: 33%
  • About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

45%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About the same as the share for Harley-Davidson: 48%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Harley-Davidson All vehicles
Driver speeding 22.9% 26.8% 19.0%
Driver drinking 32.0% 33.4% 17.7%
At night 44.6% 47.9% 49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 191
Cloudy 22
Rain 6
Severe Crosswinds 1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 148
Dark - Not Lighted 42
Dark - Lighted 26
Dusk 14

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes
Category Vehicles
Texas 22
Ohio 15
Florida 14
Indiana 13
Michigan 12
Pennsylvania 10
California 9
Missouri 9
Tennessee 8
Arizona 7

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Harley-Davidson Fat Boy by model year

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 16, 2024 Etowah County, Alabama 1
Oct 6, 2024 Weston, Aroostook County, Maine 1
Sep 27, 2024 Greenville County, South Carolina 1
Sep 25, 2024 Little Canada, Ramsey County, Minnesota 1
Sep 14, 2024 Elkhart County, Indiana 1
Sep 12, 2024 Gladwin County, Michigan 1
Sep 12, 2024 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona 1
Sep 11, 2024 Levittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1
Aug 31, 2024 Washington, Knox County, Maine 1
Aug 3, 2024 Nichols, Muscatine County, Iowa 1
Jul 29, 2024 Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina 1
Jul 27, 2024 Clatsop County, Oregon 1
Jul 24, 2024 Marietta, Washington County, Ohio 1
Jul 24, 2024 Warren County, Iowa 1
Jul 23, 2024 Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas 1
Jul 19, 2024 Gorham, Ontario County, New York 1
Jul 14, 2024 Osage County, Oklahoma 1
Jul 14, 2024 Towns County, Georgia 1
Jul 11, 2024 Marshall County, Indiana 1
Jul 6, 2024 Lindale, Floyd County, Georgia 1
Jul 6, 2024 Mead, Weld County, Colorado 1
Jul 3, 2024 Jackson County, Indiana 1
Jun 29, 2024 Crawford County, Ohio 1
Jun 29, 2024 Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia 1
Jun 22, 2024 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 1

Compare Harley-Davidson Fat Boy with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.