BTS | Table 1 - Fatal Crashes by Speed Limits and Type of Road: 1999

Table 1
Fatal Crashes by Speed Limits and Type of Road: 1999

Speed limit	Rural			Urban			Unknown	Total
Speed limit	Interstate	Principal arterial	Other	Interstate	Principal arterial	Other	Unknown	Total
30 mph or less	2	61	987	11	28	2,802	94	3,985
35 or 40 mph	15	181	1,899	39	114	4,383	129	6,760
45 or 50 mph	35	612	3,085	121	208	3,046	187	7,294
55 mph	186	2,510	8,629	684	368	1,308	229	13,914
60 mph or higher	2,971	1,846	1,535	1,430	580	197	14	8,573
No posted limit	5	14	89	1	0	16	9	134
Unknown	22	56	368	61	56	362	26	951
Total	3,236	5,280	16,592	2,347	1,354	12,114	688	41,611

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System database, 2000.