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Table 4-3
Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category

Year	Passenger car	Light truck	Large truck	Bus	Motorcycle	Other/unknown vehicle occupants	Pedestrians	Pedal-cyclists	Other/unknown non-occupants	All occupant and non-occupantcategories
Fatalities: 1975-98
1975	25,929	4,856	961	53	3,189	937	7,516	1,003	81	44,525
1976	26,166	5,438	1,132	73	3,312	981	7,427	914	80	45,523
1977	26,782	5,976	1,287	42	4,104	959	7,732	922	74	47,878
1978	28,153	6,745	1,395	41	4,577	622	7,795	892	111	50,331
1979	27,808	7,178	1,432	39	4,894	579	8,096	932	135	51,093
1980	27,449	7,486	1,262	46	5,144	540	8,070	965	129	51,091
1981	26,645	7,081	1,133	56	4,906	603	7,837	936	104	49,301
1982	23,330	6,359	944	35	4,453	525	7,331	883	85	43,945
1983	22,979	6,202	982	53	4,265	362	6,826	839	81	42,589
1984	23,620	6,496	1,074	46	4,608	440	7,025	849	99	44,257
1985	23,212	6,689	977	57	4,564	544	6,808	890	84	43,825
1986	24,944	7,317	926	39	4,566	442	6,779	941	133	46,087
1987	25,132	8,058	852	51	4,036	436	6,745	948	132	46,390
1988	25,808	8,306	911	54	3,662	429	6,870	911	136	47,087
1989	25,063	8,551	858	50	3,141	424	6,556	832	107	45,582
1990	24,092	8,601	705	32	3,244	460	6,482	859	124	44,599
1991	22,385	8,391	661	31	2,806	466	5,801	843	124	41,508
1992	21,387	8,098	585	28	2,395	387	5,549	723	98	39,250
1993	21,566	8,511	605	18	2,449	425	5,649	816	111	40,150
1994	21,997	8,904	670	18	2,320	409	5,489	802	107	40,716
1995	22,423	9,568	648	33	2,227	392	5,584	833	109	41,817
1996	22,505	9,932	621	21	2,161	455	5,449	765	154	^R42,065
1997	^R21,199	^R10,249	^R723	^R18	^R2,116	^R420	^R5,321	^R814	^R153	^R42,013
1998	21,164	10,647	728	36	2,284	500	5,220	761	131	41,471
Injuries (thousands): 1988-98
1988	2,585	478	37	15	105	4	110	75	8	3,416
1989	2,431	511	43	15	83	5	112	73	11	3,284
1990	2,376	505	42	33	84	4	105	75	7	3,231
1991	2,235	563	28	21	80	4	88	67	11	3,097
1992	2,232	545	34	20	65	12	89	63	10	3,070
1993	2,265	601	32	17	59	4	94	68	9	3,149
1994	2,364	631	30	16	57	4	92	62	9	3,266
1995	2,469	722	30	19	57	4	86	67	10	3,465
1996	^R2,458	^R761	33	20	^R55	4	82	^R58	11	^R3,483
1997	^R2,341	^R755	31	17	^R53	^R6	77	58	11	^R3,348
1998	2,201	763	29	16	49	4	69	53	8	3,192

KEY: R = revised.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1997 (Washington, DC: 1998).

Revised and 1998 data: _____, Traffic Safety Facts: Overview 1998, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factsheet/html.

Table 4-3Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category

Table 4-3
Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category