MoDOT: Missouri has seen 700 percent increase in unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities this year, compared to 2020 to date

State transportation officials say motorcycle crash fatalities in Missouri have increased since the Legislature repealed the state’s helmet law. State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) highway safety program administrator Scott Jones says Missouri has seen 116 motorcyclists killed in crashes since January. That’s a 29 percent increase over the same time last year and is almost …