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TABLE 3-2 Highway Fatalities per 100,000 Residents
for Selected Vehicle Types: 1993–2003
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| Passenger car occupants |
8.3 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
6.7 |
| Light-truck occupants |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
| Large-truck occupants |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Motorcycle occupants |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
| Pedestrians |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
| Pedalcyclists |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
NOTES: 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: U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), calculations using the following
data: Fatalities—USDOT, BTS, National
Transportation Statistics 2004, table 2-1,
available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of January 2005. Population—U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, section 1, table 2, available at http://www.census.gov/, as
of May 2005.
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