A Staff Sergeant assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado, died in a PMV-2 mishap 22 October 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at 1502 local. The Soldier was operating his motorcycle when he collided with a vehicle that made a left turn into his lane. Emergency medical technicians arrived on scene to provide assistance and pronounced the Soldier dead. The Soldier had completed the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic RiderCourse and was wearing personal protective equipment. Speed, alcohol and drug use are unknown at this time. This mishap is under investigation.

Since 2016, the Army has lost an average of 27 Soldiers a year to PMV-2 mishaps. This is the fourth PMV-2 fatality of FY21 and above the number of fatalities for the same time period last year.

-Motorcycles have use of the complete traffic lane. Do not share lanes with motorcycles.

-Failure to yield the right-of-way to a motorcyclist is the most frequent driver error in collisions involving a motorcycle and another vehicle.

-Often drivers do not see motorcyclists until it is too late. This is why it is important for drivers to continually scan the roadway in front, to the rear and to the sides.

-Motorcycles accelerate, turn and stop more quickly than other vehicles. Bad weather, rough road surfaces or inexperience may cause a motorcyclist to fall. All of these are reasons why you should increase your following distance to four seconds or more when behind motorcycles.

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