 |
INJURED MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS
Injured Motor Vehicle Occupants, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists (annual data)
The vast majority of transportation injuries involve motor vehicles. The number of light
trucks has increased greatly since 1990, affecting light truck occupant injury numbers.
| 3,236,000 |
3,219,000 |
| 1.38 |
-0.53 |
| 2,138,000 |
2,068,000 |
| -2.86 |
-3.27 |
| 847,000 |
893,000 |
| 11.01 |
5.43 |
| 122,000 |
136,000 |
| -9.63 |
11.48 |
| 50,000 |
58,000 |
| 2.04 |
16.00 |
| 33,000 |
30,000 |
| 13.79 |
-9.09 |
| 16,000 |
22,000 |
| -5.88 |
37.50 |
* Data are for 1998 and 1999.
NOTES: National estimates of highway injuries are sampled and subject to
sampling errors.
Highway table includes categories not displayed in graph.
Light trucks — trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including
pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles.
See U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, pp. 273-280,
National Transportation Statistics 1999 for detailed discussion of modal injury data.
SOURCE: Data compiled from various government agencies, as cited
in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National
Transportation Statistics 1999, table 3-2, available
at: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/nts/nts.html.
Preliminary highway data for 2000 are from U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
|
|
