Printable Map - Tail of the Dragon Maps

Printable Map - Tail of the Dragon Maps

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MM 10.2 car off
side of
road 12/13
MM 10.8 - sportbike
vs car 5/14
MM 10.2 - tourer
vs tree 7/05
This map is published with the intent of making
all riders realize the dangers inherent in the
Dragon and all area roads. PLEASE RIDE SAFE
and do not become the next entry on this map.
MM 6.0 - sportbike
vs tree 8/06
MM 7.2 - sportbike
10
1
off cliff 7/07
MM 5.8 - cruiser vs tree 2000
1 1
MM 5.7 - cruiser off road 2004
MM 8.0 - Cruiser off road.
MM 10.2 Heart
attack
6/12
trike off
6
MM 5.0 - sportbike vs 18 wheeler 8/11
MM 8.0 - HD off road.
bank 7/16
1
Heart attack 7/08
1
MM 5.0 - female HD rider off road 7/09
1 1
1
MM 5.0 - female, off road 8/09
1
1
1
1 1 8 MM 7.2 7
MM 9.2 - Sportbike
MM 4.1 sportbike/cruiser head-on 9/08
1
5
9
MM 4.1 female/cruiser off-road 10/12
offroad 8/03/13
Motard off cliff.
11
1
MM 8.2 - Goldwing
1
4
9/12
11
MM 3.8 - sportbike vs tree 8/10
into ditch. 9/09
MM 5.5 1
MM
5.0
sport
MM 2.9 - sportbike
HD off road
3
1 1 1
off road 8/09
vs tree 6/09 bike vs tree 9/14
1
MM 8.2 - sportbike
MM 3.7 - sport1
heart attack
MM 2.9 - trike into
1
1
bike off road 4/08
vs tree 7/05
bank 5/14
MM 3.6 - trike
N
North Bound
vs tree 6/08
NE
MM 3.5 - MM 3.2 - sportbike
NW
MM 3.5 - cruiser
sportbike off road 5/01
South Bound
E
W
off road 6/12 vs tree 6/06
Number indicates
SE
MM 1.7 - sportbike off
SW
how many deaths
road 10/01
2
S
1
in single accident
C 2015 Ronald E. Johnson
MM 1.5 - trike
TailoftheDragon.com
1
vs auto 7/07
MM .8 - sportbike
2
1
MM 1.5 - sportbike vs
vs tree 06/15
vehicle 4/04
2016 - July 6 Trike vs tree mm 10.2 killing 90 yr old passenger.
2015 - June 20 Sportbike rider hit tree mm 0.8.
MM .2 - sportbike
1
2014 - May 19 Sportbike vs car at mm 10.8. Trike in bank mm2.9 May 28. Sportbike vs tree mm 5.0 Sept 21.
vs vehicle 8/05
1
2013 - August 3 Sportbike off road at mm 9.2. Dec 13 Car off road at mm 10.2.
1
2012 - June 6 Cruiser into ditch and then off embankment (possible heart attack after accident).
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DEALS GAP
June 16 Cruiser rider off road at mm 8.0. Sept 28 motard rider off road at mm 7.2. Oct 22, female cruiser
rider off road MM 4.0.
NC MM .5 NC MM .5 - bike
2011 - Aug 3 Sportbike rider run over by 18 wheeler at mm 5.
bike off cliff
off cliff 6/04
8/10 Not on the Dragon.
2010 - Death Aug 2 at Wheelie Hell. Body found next day. Death Aug 28 near Parsons Branch Rd.
Not on the Dragon.
2009 - Five deaths. HD rider off road in the Chicanes. Female HD rider off road Carosel Corner July.
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Moonshiner 28
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Female rider off road Carosel Corner August. Male rider off road MM 8.2. Male rider off road at Hump.
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2008 - Four deaths.
Dragon
2007 - Three deaths. One low side at Guadrail Cliff. Trike versus a vehicle with two dead. Both accidents in July.
T-Shirt Shack 1 1
2006 - Two deaths: One rider went off road and hit tree another low sided into an oncoming vehicle.
NC 28 2005 - Three deaths: All three deaths involved failing to negociate corners car off cliff,
two went off the mountain and one slid into an oncoming vehicle.
passenger
2004 - Two deaths: Both deaths apparently caused by speed and then overbraking.
killed 8/09
2003 - No deaths: There were several deaths in the surrounding area of the Dragon,
Trike off cliff,
rider killed 9/09
but none that we know of on the 11 miles of the Dragon itself.
Not on the Dragon.
2002 - Two deaths: Cruiser rider passing a car and sportbike losing control and hitting tree. NC MM 2.8 - trike vs
cliff 2010
2001 - Two deaths: The entire Blount County (home of the Dragon) saw a total of
Not on the Dragon.
four motorycle fatalities in 2001. The total includes the deaths of a 27-year-old
Knoxville man who died March 10 in a collision on Old Knoxville Highway in
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Rockford, the May 5th death on the Dragon, the July 5th death of a 43-year-old
Maryville man in an accident on Happy Valley Road, and the October 27th death on the Dragon.3
2000 - One death: Blount County had four motorcycle deaths, only one on the Dragon.
(Fugitive)
1999 - One motorcycle death in 1999
TAPOCO
1998 - No fatal motorcycle crashes in 1998.
LODGE
1997 - One motorcycle fatality in 1997.
1996 - One motorcycle fatality in 1996.
Cheoah River
1995 - Two deaths: In 1995, two men died in separate July 3 motorcycle crashes
NOTE: TAIL OF THE DRAGON ONLY HAS SPECIFIC LOCATION INFORMATION
DATING BACK TO 2000. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONE WITH SPECIFIC
LOCATION INFORMATION PRIOR TO THAT TO PLEASE CONTACT US.
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