Photos for Headline Surfer / Daytona Beach Bike Week revelers shown on Main Street in Daytona Beach for the 10-day motorcycle rally that ended Sunday with Halifax Health Hospital reporting that it treated far fewer trauma-related patients than last year.
Headline Surfer By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
There were 114 trauma-related Bike Week patients admitted at Halifax Health Hospital compared to 180 last year, a 36.67 percent decrease. This marked the second consecutive year of reduced trauma admissions. Additionally, the number of motorcycle crashes during the 10-day event dropped: 73 crashes were reported in 2025, down from 92 the previous year.
While overall trauma admissions decreased, Bike Week-related patient admissions rose slightly to 55, just two more than a year ago.
Halifax Hospital officials said they were extremely pleased with the care provided to those who needed medical care.
"Our trauma team demonstrated exceptional care and compassion," said Lindsay Duffy, director of nursing at Halifax Health – Emergency Department.
"At Halifax Health, we’re always prepared to respond, and Bike Week has become a major focus of the expert care that our community trusts," Duffy added.
Halifax Hospital officials said they were extremely pleased with the care provided to those who needed medical care. "Our trauma team demonstrated exceptional care and compassion," said Lindsay Duffy (shown here), director of nursing at Halifax Health – Emergency Department.
Duffy added, "At Halifax Health, we’re always prepared to respond, and Bike Week has become a major focus of the expert care that our community trusts."
Beyond motorcycle crashes, Halifax Health also treated 10 supercross riders who participated in the amateur track days at Daytona International Speedway.
Four motorcyclists died during the 2025 Bike Week - two each in Volusia and Flagler counties.
Daytona Beach Bike Week, organized, marketed, and promoted by the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, which has claimed for years the 10-day motorcycle rally draws upwards of 500,000 bikers to Volusia and Flagler counties from across the nation.
Those estimates, however, are suspect, and city officials have said attendance has declined precipitously since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Chamber officials could not be reached for comment.
BYLINE WRITER: Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist based in Lake Mary, who launched Headline Surfer in 2008, serving Daytona Beach, Sanford, Orlando & other nearby cities along the I-4 corridor via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in Orlando. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade, and before that, the same beat with The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network's "Snapped" for his analysis. • Bio: