Fatal crash profile · Model

Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom

Compared with Harley-Davidson · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
95
Fatal crashes
95
Deaths inside
94
Other deaths
12

Between 2020 and 2024, 95 vehicles described as Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom were involved in 95 fatal crashes in the United States. 94 people died inside these vehicles and 12 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 25
2021 18
2022 15
2023 20
2024 17

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

89%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Harley-Davidson: 93%
  • About 1.7 times the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 25 7
2021 17 3
2022 16 1
2023 19 1
2024 17 0

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

34%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.3 times the share for Harley-Davidson: 27%
  • About 1.8 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

45%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.4 times the share for Harley-Davidson: 33%
  • About 3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

63%

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

  • About 1.3 times the share for Harley-Davidson: 48%
  • About 1.3 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom Harley-Davidson All vehicles
Driver speeding 33.7% 26.8% 19.0%
Driver drinking 45.3% 33.4% 17.7%
At night 63.2% 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 85
Cloudy 7
Rain 2

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 46
Dark - Not Lighted 23
Dark - Lighted 23
Dusk 2
Dawn 1

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
California 15
Texas 14
Florida 12
Ohio 7
South Carolina 5
Nevada 4
Kentucky 3
Missouri 3
Michigan 2
Iowa 2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom 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
Sep 15, 2020 Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire 1
Aug 7, 2020 Butte County, South Dakota 1
Aug 2, 2020 McKinney, Collin County, Texas 1
Jul 18, 2020 Kerr County, Texas 4
Jul 11, 2020 Greenwood County, South Carolina 1
Jul 9, 2020 Eatontown, Monmouth County, New Jersey 1
Jul 3, 2020 Ashland County, Ohio 1
Jun 29, 2020 Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 1
May 31, 2020 Pickens County, South Carolina 2
May 29, 2020 Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri 1
May 2, 2020 DeKalb County, Alabama 1
Apr 6, 2020 Marshall County, Kentucky 1
Mar 15, 2020 Davie, Broward County, Florida 1
Mar 13, 2020 Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana 1
Mar 8, 2020 Akron, Summit County, Ohio 2
Mar 3, 2020 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida 1
Mar 1, 2020 Broward County, Florida 2
Feb 23, 2020 West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 1
Jan 20, 2020 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Jan 18, 2020 Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi 1

Compare Harley-Davidson Road Glide Custom 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.