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Table 1
Total Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes by Type of Crash: 1999

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Type of crash Number
Drivers/occupants killed in single-vehicle crashes 17,052
Drivers/occupants killed in two-vehicle crashes 15,690
Drivers/occupants killed in crashes  
of three-vehicles or more 3,064
Pedestrians killed in single-vehicle crashes 4,488
Bicyclists killed in single-vehicle crashes 714
Pedestrians/bicyclists killedin multiple-vehicle crashes 454
Others/unknown 149
Total 41,611

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System 1999, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov, as of Nov. 15, 2000.