TABLE 62  Highway Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle-Miles for Selected Vehicle Types: 1991—2001,,,,,,,,,,,
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,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001
Passenger car occupants,1.6,1.6,1.6,1.6,1.6,1.5,1.5,1.4,1.3,1.3,1.2
Light truck occupants,1.3,1.1,1.1,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.3,1.2,1.2
Large truck occupants,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.3,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.3
Motorcycle occupants,30.6,25.1,24.7,22.7,22.7,21.8,21.0,22.3,23.5,27.7,33.4
"NOTE:  Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors. Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pick-up trucks, vans, truck-based station wagons, and sport utility vehicles.",,,,,,,,,,,
"SOURCES: Fatalities-U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), table 2-1, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of April 2003. Population-U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, available at http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html, as of June 2003.",,,,,,,,,,,