2025 MotoGP crash data by rider, class, circuit and turn...

MotoGP Crash Data

The FIM has released its Final Falls Report for the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, providing a comprehensive breakdown of crashes across MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 by session, circuit and rider.

Across all three classes, 965 falls were recorded during the 2025 season, a reduction compared to several recent peak years and broadly in line with post-2022 trends.

FIM MotoGP World Championship – 2025 Falls Summary (All Classes)
Class	Falls (2025)	Events	Average falls per event
Moto3	341	22	15.5
Moto2	275	22	12.5
MotoGP	349	22	15.9
Total (all classes)	965	22	43.9

Overall figures and class breakdown

The MotoGP category accounted for the largest share of incidents despite having the smallest fields, with 349 falls across 22 events, averaging 15.9 falls per event. Moto3 recorded 341 falls at an average of 15.5 per event, while Moto2 logged 275 falls, averaging 12.5 per event.

While the overall MotoGP total is lower than the highs seen in 2017–2019 and 2022, the figures confirm that crash rates remain relatively stable in the modern era, despite ongoing changes to tyres, aerodynamics and race formats.

In the support categories, though, the Moto2 and Moto3 crash figures are down considerably since the switch to Pirelli rubber in 2024, which has contributed to greater rider safety whilst also lowering lap times thanks to the softer carcass construction used by the Italian brand, giving riders more confidence and front-end feel.

FIM MotoGP World Championship – Falls Summary by Season (2012–2025)
Season	Total	MotoGP	MotoGP	Moto2	Moto2	Moto3	Moto3
Season	Total		Per Event		Per Event		Per Event
2025	965	349	15.6	275	12.5	341	15.5
2024	865	335	16.8	268	13.4	262	13.1
2023	1,009	358	17.9	344	17.2	307	15.4
2022	1,106	335	16.7	428	21.4	343	17.5
2021	950	278	15.4	367	20.4	305	16.9
2020	722	180	12.8	292	19.4	250	16.6
2019	971	220	11.6	347	18.3	404	21.3
2018	1,077	303	15.9	418	22	356	18.7
2017	1,126	313	17.4	434	24.1	379	21
2016	1,062	288	16	364	20	410	23
2015	976	215	11.9	352	19.5	409	22.7
2014	981	206	11.4	408	22.6	367	20.3
2013	863	205	11.4	344	20.2	314	18.5
2012	905	186	10.3	371	21.8	348	20.5

Falls by session

As has been the case in recent seasons, the majority of crashes occurred during practice and race sessions rather than qualifying.

Race sessions accounted for the most falls across all three classes. Friday afternoon Practice also remained a high-risk period as riders pushed to secure direct access to Q2 under the current MotoGP weekend format.

Sprint races contributed a smaller but still notable number of falls in the MotoGP class, reinforcing the additional demands placed on riders by the condensed Saturday schedule.

Circuits with the highest crash totals

In 2025, Le Mans recorded the highest number of falls across all classes with 70, followed by TT Circuit Assen (64), Mandalika (59), Circuit of the Americas (58), and Jerez (56).

PHA’s Claude Michy is also the much lauded promoter of the French MotoGP round and has been for many years — Le Mans claimed the most scalps in 2025

At the other end of the spectrum, circuits such as MotorLand Aragón (27), Lusail (27), and Mugello (29) produced comparatively lower totals.

Despite its reputation for speed and the bravery required for a fast lap, Phillip Island is well down the order when it comes to the crash count.

Crashes by circuit

Falls per Circuit per Year (2019–2025)
Circuit	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Le Mans	90	100	118	87	79	57	70
TT Circuit Assen	55		44	51	51	45	64
Mandalika Circuit				44	60	67	59
COTA	42		46	66	69	45	58
Jerez	57	42	67	50	50	74	56
Motegi	49			69	43	34	56
Balaton Park							55
Sachsenring	41		57	48	45	37	54
Sepang	50			66	65	45	49
Misano	69	55	50	71	54	39	44
Catalunya	73	64	57	37	26	49	39
Brno	49	46					38
Chang	45			42	29	47	37
Valencia	57	47	54	65	57		36
Phillip Island	73			54	51	64	36
Portimao		32	47	105	57	33	34
Red Bull Ring	34	36	35	44	41	43	33
Río Hondo	45			34	23		33
Silverstone	36		46	38	58	32	31
Mugello	40		40	44	42	29	29
Lusail	51	27	37	40	30	28	27
Aragón	15	40	42	51		29	27

Riders with the most falls

Across all classes, Cormac Buchanan (Moto3) topped the 2025 crash count with 35 falls, followed by David Almansa (Moto3) on 31.

Rank	Class	Rider	Falls
Rank	Class	Rider	(2025)
1	Moto3	C. Buchanan	35
2	Moto3	D. Almansa	31
3	MotoGP	J. Zarco	28
4	MotoGP	J. Miller	25
5=	MotoGP	Á. Márquez	23
5=	MotoGP	F. Morbidelli	23
6=	Moto3	G. Pini	22
6=	MotoGP	J. Mir	22
7=	Moto2	J. Navarro	21
7=	MotoGP	P. Acosta	21
8	MotoGP	M. Bezzecchi	19
9	Moto2	A. Sasaki	18
10=	Moto3	T. Furusato	17
10=	Moto2	D. Alonso	17
10=	MotoGP	F. Aldeguer	17
10=	MotoGP	B. Binder	17

MotoGP

In MotoGP, Johann Zarco led the way with 28 falls, ahead of Jack Miller on 25, and Álex Márquez and Franco Morbidelli tied on 23 apiece. Joan Mir and Pedro Acosta both recorded 22 and 21 falls, respectively.

Vinales was punted into the kitty litter by Morbidelli at Mugello, but still only crashed five times all season

Despite his difficulties this season, Pecco Bagnaia only crashed 11 times.

Despite his difficulties in 2025, Bagnaia was not a prolific crasher, but he did go down at Le Mans in the Sprint

Out of the permanent riders, it was Luca Marini who crashed the least.

Luca Marini had the smallest crash damage bill in 2025

MotoGP Falls by rider

Pos	Rider	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	J Zarco	17	15	10	18	15	15	28
2	J Miller	15	8	12	14	21	20	25
3	A Marquez		14	19	21	21	21	23
4	F Morbidelli	8	5	2	10	7	15	23
5	J Mir	12	5	8	11	24	17	22
6	P Acosta						28	21
7	M Bezzecchi				23	20	18	19
8	F Aldeguer							17
9	B Binder		10	9	9	15	19	17
10	A Ogura							16
11	E Bastianini			15	18	13	13	15
12	M Marquez	14	2	22	18	29	24	14
13	F Quartararo	6	8	7	7	9	9	13
14	R Fernandez				9	13	8	12
15	F Bagnaia	14	8	7	14	7	9	11
16	A Fernandez					23	19	10
17	M Oliveira	9	8	12	9	15	6	9
18	A Rins	8	8	12	7	8	10	9
19	S Chantra							8
20	J Martin			14	15	16	15	8
21	L Savadori		2	10	3	2	6	7
22	F DiGiannantonio				12	13	13	5
23	M Vinales	6	4	4	2	7	10	5
24	P Espargaro	8	10	20	21	16	4	3
25	L Marini			9	7	16	4	3
26	A Espargaro	10	12	18	14	23	19	2

Moto2

Moto2’s highest crash tally came from Jorge Navarro, who recorded 21 falls across the season.

Senna Agius suffered only five crashes, and at least one of those was not his fault.

Moto2 Falls by rider

Pos	Rider	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	J. Navarro	15	19	16	19		7	21
2	D. Alonso							17
3	A. Canet		10	21	20	24	9	15
4	J. Dixon	11	7	14	20	18	13	15
5	C. Vietti			13	18	12	7	15
6	D. Binder					14	13	12
7	F. Salac				12	12	8	12
8	B. Baltus			9	12	9	7	9
9	E. Fernandez							9
10	A. Lopez			2	11	21	9	9
11	Z Vd Goorbergh				18	18	18	9
12	A. Huertas							8
13	I. Ortolá							8
14	M. González				11	10	6	7
15	I. Guevara					8	8	7
16	D. Holgado							7
17	M. Ramirez		5	11	13	3	3	7
18	S. Agius					5	8	5
19	T. Arbolino			7	7	6	5	5
20	S. Garcia					15	12	5
21	D. Muñoz						4	5

Moto3

Jose Antonio Rueda’s dominant brilliance, which saw him claim the Moto3 title with ten victories on his way to winning the championship by 64 points, was also underlined in the crash data. The 20-year-old Spaniard was almost flawless, crashing only three times during the season.

At the other end of the scale, young Kiwi Cormac Buchanan topped the crash board with 35 falls during the season.

Young Kiwi Cormac Buchanan claimed a title he wasn’t after in 2025…

Moto3 Falls by rider

Pos	Rider	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	C. Buchanan					35
2	D. Almansa			7	18	31
3	G. Pini					22
4	T. Furusato		13	15	10	17
5	N. Carraro		7	2	11	15
6	L Lunetta				10	15
7	S. Ogden		15	12	13	15
8	A. Fernández	14	8	4	9	14
9	E. O’Shea				3	13
10	Á. Piqueras				14	12
11	M. Quiles					12
12	Á. Carpe					11
13	D. Munoz		8	15	10	11
14	R. Rossi	9	14	9	11	10
15	J. Kelso	2	5	4	8	9
16	V. Perez		2	5	8	9
17	V. Perrone					8
18	J. Rosenthaler					8
19	T. Buasri			1	11	7
20	R. Moodley					7
21	M. Bertelle	1	7	12	8	6
22	L. Abruzzo					5
23	N. Dettwiler				8	5
24	J. Roulstone				7	5
25	R Yamanaka	9	11	8	4	5
26	A. Arbitama				1	3
27	A. Cruces					3
28	J. Esteban				5	3
29	D. Foggia	5	3	0	0	3
30	Z. Mitani	0	0	0	0	3
31	S. Nepa	6	5	3	5	3
32	J. A Rueda	1	0	5	7	3
33	M Uriarte		1		0	3

Corner analysis

The Dorna report also breaks down falls by corner at each venue, revealing recurring hotspots rather than random distribution. First-gear hairpins, fast direction-change corners, and off-camber entries accounted for a disproportionate share of incidents, particularly during practice sessions.

Several circuits showed a clear concentration of crashes at one or two specific corners, suggesting that layout characteristics continue to play a greater role than pure rider error.

At the Thai season opener, turn 12 recorded the most crashes, with 11 tumbles. In Argentina, it was turn 2; at COTA, turn 6 claimed the most victims.

Turn 6 at Jerez proved especially problematic, with 15 crashes, while turn 3 at Le Mans witnessed 12 tumbles.

At Aragon, turn 12 was the diciest with eight crashes, and it was a similar tale at Mugello. Assen’s turn 5 saw 12 crashes.

Turn one at Sachsenring claimed the most victims all season

The opening turn at Sachsenring proved the most inhospitable, with 21 riders going down at the tricky, tight right-hander. Likewise, turn 1 at Balaton Park saw the most kitty litter action, with 16 tumbles.

At Motegi, turn 5 claimed the most victims, with 13 riders crashing, while at Mandalika, turn 16 saw 15 riders crash at the treacherously tight right-hander.

Turns four (pictured) and six claimed the most victims at Phillip Island

Turns 4 (Miller) and 6 (Siberia) were equal-opportunity employers for the Phillip Island track marshals, each claiming eight scalps. Turn 19 (MG) recorded five crashes in 2025.