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Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985–2005,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Year,Passenger car occupants,,,Light-truck occupants,,,Large-truck occupants,,,Motorcycle riders,,,General aviation,,,Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates),
,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,Hours flown (millions),"Fatality rate per 100,000 hours flown","Actual fatality rate per 100,000 aircraft departures","Smoothed fatality rate per 100,000 aircraft departures"
1985,"23,212","1,248,981",1.86,"6,689","388,779",1.72,977,"123,504",0.79,"4,564","9,086",50.23,956,28.3,3.38,8.34,1.64
1986,"24,944","1,277,550",1.95,"7,317","416,532",1.76,926,"126,675",0.73,"4,566","9,397",48.59,967,27.1,3.57,0.11,1.56
1987,"25,132","1,328,460",1.89,"8,058","444,392",1.81,852,"133,517",0.64,"4,036","9,506",42.46,838,27.0,3.10,3.05,1.64
1988,"25,808","1,384,047",1.86,"8,306","488,431",1.70,911,"137,985",0.66,"3,662","10,024",36.53,800,27.4,2.92,3.69,1.75
1989,"25,063","1,415,213",1.77,"8,551","522,483",1.64,858,"142,749",0.60,"3,141","10,371",30.29,768,27.9,2.75,3.64,1.86
1990,"24,092","1,427,178",1.69,"8,601","555,659",1.55,705,"146,242",0.48,"3,244","9,557",33.94,770,28.5,2.70,0.48,1.78
1991,"22,385","1,411,655",1.59,"8,391","595,924",1.41,661,"149,543",0.44,"2,806","9,178",30.57,800,27.7,2.89,0.79,1.73
1992,"21,387","1,436,035",1.49,"8,098","642,397",1.26,585,"153,384",0.38,"2,395","9,557",25.06,867,24.8,3.50,0.42,1.66
1993,"21,566","1,445,106",1.49,"8,511","675,353",1.26,605,"159,888",0.38,"2,449","9,906",24.72,744,22.8,3.26,0.01,1.57
1994,"21,997","1,459,208",1.51,"8,904","711,515",1.25,670,"170,216",0.39,"2,320","10,240",22.66,730,22.2,3.28,2.90,1.64
1995,"22,423","1,478,352",1.52,"9,568","749,971",1.28,648,"178,156",0.36,"2,227","9,797",22.73,735,24.9,2.95,1.99,1.66
1996,"22,505","1,499,139",1.50,"9,932","787,255",1.26,621,"182,971",0.34,"2,161","9,920",21.78,636,24.9,2.55,4.62,1.82
1997,"21,199","1,528,399",1.39,"10,249","824,896",1.24,723,"191,477",0.38,"2,116","10,081",20.99,631,25.6,2.47,0.08,1.72
1998,"21,194","1,555,901",1.36,"10,705","861,951",1.24,742,"196,380",0.38,"2,294","10,283",22.31,625,25.5,2.45,0.01,1.63
1999,"20,862","1,566,808",1.33,"11,265","903,314",1.25,759,"202,688",0.37,"2,483","10,584",23.46,619,29.2,2.12,0.11,1.55
2000,"20,699","1,580,735",1.31,"11,526","942,611",1.22,754,"205,520",0.37,"2,897","10,469",27.67,596,27.8,2.14,0.80,1.51
2001,"20,320","1,595,443",1.27,"11,723","976,096",1.20,708,"209,032",0.34,"3,197","9,639",33.17,562,25.4,2.21,4.85,1.69
2002,"20,569","1,611,860",1.28,"12,274","1,012,648",1.21,689,"214,603",0.32,"3,270","9,552",34.23,581,25.5,2.28,0.00,1.60
2003,"19,725","1,612,237",1.22,"12,546","1,043,936",1.20,726,"217,917",0.33,"3,714","9,577",38.78,633,26.0,2.44,0.21,1.52
2004,"19,192","1,628,255",1.18,"12,674","1,098,799",1.15,766,"220,811",0.35,"4,028","10,122",39.79,559,24.9,2.25,0.13,1.44
2005,"18,440","1,614,807",1.14,"12,975","1,134,748",1.14,803,"222,836",0.36,"4,553","10,770",42.27,563,23.2,2.43,0.13,1.37
"Notes: Air carrier data were smoothed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. Air carrier fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks include only those persons onboard aircraft.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Satety Facts 2005 tables 7-10, as of July 2006.  Air carriers and general aviation—USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, tables 2-9 and 2-14, available at http://www.bts.gov as of October 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,