Fatal crash profile · Model year

2017 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

Compared with Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R · Kawasaki · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
14
Fatal crashes
14
Deaths inside
14
Other deaths
0

Between 2020 and 2024, 14 vehicles described as 2017 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R were involved in 14 fatal crashes in the United States. 14 people died inside these vehicles and 0 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 5
2021 3
2023 4
2024 2

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

100%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R: 95%
  • About the same as the share for Kawasaki: 96%
  • About double the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 5 0
2021 3 0
2023 4 0
2024 2 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

71%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.1 times the share for Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R: 64%
  • About 1.6 times the share for Kawasaki: 46%
  • About 4 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

50%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About double the share for Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R: 21%
  • About double the share for Kawasaki: 22%
  • About 3 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

71%

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

  • About 1.4 times the share for Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R: 52%
  • About 1.4 times the share for Kawasaki: 51%
  • About 1.4 times the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2017 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R Kawasaki All vehicles
Driver speeding 71.4% 63.7% 45.8% 19.0%
Driver drinking 50.0% 20.8% 21.6% 17.7%
At night 71.4% 52.3% 50.7% 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 13
Cloudy 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 6
Dark - Lighted 4
Dark - Not Lighted 3
Dusk 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
Texas 3
Ohio 2
California 1
Oregon 1
Tennessee 1
New Jersey 1
Florida 1
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 1
New York 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 22, 2024 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 1
May 25, 2024 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1
Dec 9, 2023 Bossier Parish, Louisiana 1
Sep 29, 2023 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado 1
Jun 29, 2023 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 1
May 19, 2023 Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio 1
Jul 28, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Jul 28, 2021 East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey 1
Jun 2, 2021 La Mesa, San Diego County, California 1
Oct 4, 2020 Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York 1
Sep 15, 2020 Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Jul 5, 2020 Clackamas County, Oregon 1
Apr 28, 2020 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1
Jan 14, 2020 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1

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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.