I’ll start with the obvious answer. No, of course the Seahawks rookie shouldn’t have been on an ATV. I mean, they’re dangerous, right? Hmmm…let’s look at that, shall we?
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2005 saw 171.5 injuries per 10,000 four-wheel ATVs in use. That means 1.72 percent of ATV riders had an accident that year. Now for some good news: deaths from ATV accidents have dropped from a high of 832 in 2007 to 340 in 2015. I don’t have solid figures, but ridership certainly seems to be on the rise since 2005, so the accident rate has almost certainly dropped quite a bit since then.