Countries with Most Frequent
Motorcycle Attacks
in 2016

The following charts show terrorist and rebel incidents using motorcycles as the primary mode of attack by country tracked by IntelCenter in the IntelCenter Database (ICD) Incident Component for 2016 as of 11 May 2016.

In 2016 there were 51 terrorist and rebel incidents using motorcycles as the primary mode of attack in 12 countries. Motorcycle attacks counted involved smalls arms, grenades, incendiary devices and motorcycle VBIEDs.

The highest number of incidents occurred in Pakistan at 43% (22). Afghanistan came in second at 25% (13).
Numbers in the remainder of 2016 are expected to track along the same lines with a likely increase in Yemen.

In total for the 51 incidents, 95 people were killed and 230 injured. On average two people were killed per incident and five injured. The highest number killed in any one incident was 14 and the lowest zero. The highest number injured in any one incident was 42 and the lowest zero.

Methodology Note:
Attacks using multiple motorcycles were counted as one incident. Attacks counted included smalls arms, grenades, incendiary devices and motorcycle VBIEDs. Large-scale attacks and others where the motorcycle attackers were not the primary effort, were not included. While IntelCenter makes every attempt to identify all incidents, the nature of reporting makes that nearly impossible. These numbers should be viewed as minimums with the total number likely higher where it could be expected to be so. The original source data for all incidents shown here is located in the IntelCenter Database (ICD) Incident Component.

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