Estonia is registering more motorcycles, and crashes with them are down

From January to September 2026 the Transport Administration (Transpordiamet) registered 2,599 motorcycles for the first time. A year earlier, in the same period, it was 2,319, which is 12% more. New motorcycles among them were 1,685 against 1,383 (+22%).

Crashes this season are still below last year. Through the end of September 2026, open data lists 94 crashes involving a motorcyclist. In the same span of 2025 there were 121. Four people died, against three a year earlier. The 2025 report says three motorcyclists died in Estonia, and all of them wore helmets.

The full picture for 2025 is hurt by more injured motorcyclists: 10 more than in 2024. Single-vehicle crashes rose by 16 (+29%).

Key figures:

First motorcycle registrations, January–September: 2,599 (2026) against 2,319 (2025), +12%

Of those, new: 1,685 against 1,383, +22%

Mopeds, first registrations: 506 against 521, −3%

Crashes with a motorcyclist, January–September: 94 against 121, −22%

People hurt in those crashes: 99 against 127, −22%

Deaths in those crashes: 4 against 3

The whole of 2025: 127 such crashes, 3 deaths, 135 injured

For comparison, in 2024, according to the police, 9 motorcyclists and one passenger died