W. Virginia Most Dangerous State for ATV Riders

Based on the 2006 ATV accident and fatality statistics released last week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, John McCoy, the fine outdoors scribe for the Charleston (WV) Gazette, has calculated that West Virginians are 2 1/2 times more likely to die in an all-terrain vehicle accident than residents in other states. Comparing population to the number of fatal accidents, McCoy determined that West Virginians have a one-in-4,554 chance of dying in an ATV mishap.