TABLE 9-3 Highway
Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle-Miles for Selected Vehicle Types:
1992-2002
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| Passenger car occupants |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
| Light-truck occupants |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| Large-truck occupants |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| Motorcycle occupants |
25.1 |
24.7 |
22.7 |
22.7 |
21.8 |
21.0 |
22.3 |
23.5 |
27.7 |
33.2 |
34.0 |
NOTE: Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle
weight rating (GVWR), including single-unit trucks and truck tractors. Light trucks are defined
as trucks of 10,000 pounds GVWR or less, including pickup trucks, vans,
truck-based station wagons, and sport utility vehicles.
SOURCES: Fatalities-U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002, table 2-1 revised, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of
January 2004. Vehicle-miles-USDOT,
Federal Highway Administration, Highway
Statisitics 2002 (Washington, DC: 2003),
table VM-1.
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