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INJURED MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS
Injured Motor Vehicle Occupants, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists (annual data)
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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.
| Highway total |
3,236,000 |
3,190,000 |
| Highway total percent change from previous year |
1.38 |
-0.53 |
| Passenger car occupants |
2,138,000 |
2,052,000 |
| Passenger car occupants percent change from previous year |
-2.86 |
-3.27 |
| Light-truck occupants |
847,000 |
887,000 |
| Light-truck occupants percent change from previous year |
11.01 |
5.43 |
| Pedestrians and bicyclists |
136,000 |
129,000 |
| Pedestrians and bicyclists percent change from previous year |
11.48 |
-5.15 |
| Motorcyclists |
50,000 |
58,000 |
| Motorcyclists percent change from previous year |
2.04 |
16.00 |
| Large-truck occupants |
33,000 |
31,000 |
| Large-truck occupants percent change from previous year |
13.79 |
-9.09 |
| Bus occupants |
22,000 |
18,000 |
| Bus occupants percent change from previous year |
37.50 |
-18.18 |
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. 429-435, National Transportation Statistics 2000 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 2000, table 2-2, available at: http://www.bts.gov/btsprod/nts/Ch2_web/2-2.htm , and U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2000 Traffic Safety Facts, available
at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/ncsa/tsf2000/2000ovrfacts.pdf
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