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10 paź 2018 · According to Blount County Sheriff's Office, there were 178 crashes on The Dragon between November 2015 and April 2017. Of those, 90 resulted in injuries and three were fatal.
28 maj 2021 · According to Tennessee’s Integrated Traffic Analysis Network, in 2018, there were 83 traffic crashes on the Tail of the Dragon, 75% of which involved a motorcycle. Three of those motorcyclists...
25 gru 2021 · In 2018, 75% of crashes on the Tail of the Dragon involved motorcycles. Even the most attentive bikers and motorists can end up in dangerous situations. The best thing you can do to avoid such a crash is to leave space between your vehicle and others and take it slow enough you won’t need to brake.
The Tail of the Dragon has claimed 47 casualties from 2000 to 2019 from far more wrecks. Riders bring wreckage from their motorcycle accidents on the Tail of the Dragon to the Deal's Gap Motorcycle Resort and hang it on the Tree Of Shame.
Deals Gap is a popular and internationally famous destination for motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts, as it is along a stretch of two-lane road known since 1981 as "Tail of the Dragon", often shortened to simply “The Dragon”.
2018 - Three (Two*) deaths: Oct 5 GA cruiser rider off road, but death was a result of a medical emergency, not the accident.* Oct 8 at 7.0 a 70 year-old north bound rider crossed center line striking two cars.
The simple answer is this: In 10 years there were 27 motorcycle fatalities on the 11 miles while the rest of the roads in Blount County, over 1100 miles, there were only 23 motorcycle fatalities.
