| ABOUT RITA | CONTACT US | PRESS ROOM | CAREERS | SITE MAP |
|
 |
|
Table 3-3
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | Mexico | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Road motor vehicle fatalities, total | 3,963 | 3,351 | 3,091 | 10,201 | 9,043 | 9,305 | 44,599 | 41,817 | 42,065 |
| Road motor vehicle injuries, total | 262,680 | 241,935 | 230,890 | 93,325 | 121,638 | 115,274 | 3,231,000 | 3,465,000 | 3,511,000 |
| Road vehicle-kilometers, total (billions) | N | e317.1 | N | N | N | N | 3,450 | 3,899 | 3,995 |
| Road motor vehicles, total (millions) | 17.0 | r17.0 | r17.2 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 193.1 | 205.4 | 210.2 |
| Rates per 100 million vehicle-km | |||||||||
| Fatality | N | e1.1 | N | N | N | N | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Injury | N | 76 | N | N | N | N | 94 | 89 | 88 |
| Rates per 10,000 road motor vehicles | |||||||||
| Fatality | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Injury | 155 | 142 | 134 | 91 | 101 | 93 | 167 | 169 | 167 |
KEY: e = Data are estimated. N = Data are nonexistent. r = Data are revised.
SOURCES
Canada
Road vehicle-kilometers: Transport Canada. Ministry of Public Works and Government Services. Transportation in Canada 1997-Annual Report. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Road motor vehicles: Statistics Canada. Road Motor Vehicles Registrations, Catalogue No. 53-219-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Road fatalities and injuries: Transport Canada. Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation. Traffic Accident Information Database. Special tabulation. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Mexico
Road motor vehicles: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática based on figures from Departamento del Distrito
Federal, Dirección General de Autotransporte Urbano; state finance office and state police and traffic offices. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Road fatalities and injuries: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección de Estadísticas Económicas, based on data collected by the Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal and the Direcciones de Seguridad Pública y Vialidad or their equivalent agencies at state and local levels. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Dirección General de Policía Federal de Caminos y Puertos. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
United States
U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. National Transportation Statistics 1998 and National Transportation Statistics 1999. (Washington, DC: 1998 and 1999).