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Table 2-19: Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 2-19: Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities

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  1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
TOTAL traffic fatalities 44,525 51,091 43,825 44,599 41,508 39,250 40,150 40,716 41,817 d42,065 42,013 41,501 R41,717 41,821
Occupant fatalities by vehicle type                            
Passenger car                            
Subcompacta 3,834 7,299 7,993 8,309 7,694 7,028 6,968 7,060 6,791 6,618 6,220 5,514 R4,887 4,718
Compact 614 927 2,635 5,310 5,338 5,354 5,707 6,322 6,899 7,288 7,195 6,804 R6,942 6,933
Intermediate 1,869 3,878 4,391 4,849 4,681 4,418 4,483 4,407 4,666 4,670 4,794 4,617 R4,721 5,131
Fullb 10,800 11,580 6,586 4,635 4,040 3,796 3,675 3,560 3,413 3,417 3,481 3,106 R2,887 3,143
Unknown 8,812 3,765 1,607 989 632 791 733 648 654 512 509 1,153 R1,425 567
Total 25,929 27,449 23,212 24,092 22,385 21,387 21,566 21,997 22,423 22,505 22,199 21,194 R20,862 20,492
Truckc                            
Light 4,856 7,486 6,689 8,601 8,391 8,098 8,511 8,904 9,568 9,932 10,249 10,705 R11,265 11,418
Large 961 1,262 977 705 661 585 605 670 648 621 723 742 R759 741
Total 5,817 8,748 7,666 9,306 9,052 8,683 9,116 9,574 10,216 10,553 10,972 11,447 R12,024 12,159
Other vehicles                            
Motorcycle 3,189 5,144 4,564 3,244 2,806 2,395 2,449 2,320 2,227 2,161 2,116 2,294 R2,483 2,862
Bus 53 46 57 32 31 28 18 18 33 21 18 38 R59 22
Other/unknown vehicle type 937 540 544 460 466 387 425 409 392 455 420 409 R447 714
Total 4,179 5,730 5,165 3,736 3,303 2,810 2,892 2,747 2,652 2,637 2,554 2,741 R2,989 3,598
Total vehicle occupant fatalities 35,925 41,927 36,043 37,134 34,740 32,880 33,574 34,318 35,291 35,695 35,725 35,382 R35,875 36,249
Nonoccupant fatalities                            
Pedestrian 7,516 8,070 6,808 6,482 5,801 5,549 5,649 5,489 5,584 5,449 5,321 5,228 R4,939 4,739
Pedalcyclist 1,003 965 890 859 843 723 816 802 833 765 814 760 R754 690
Other 81 129 84 124 124 98 111 107 109 154 153 131 149 143
Total nonoccupant fatalities 8,600 9,164 7,782 7,465 6,768 6,370 6,576 6,398 6,526 6,368 6,288 6,119 R5,842 5,572

KEY: R = revised.

a Includes minicompact cars (wheelbase under 95 inches) and subcompact cars (wheelbase between 95 and 99 inches).

b Includes cars with a wheelbase of 110 inches or greater.

c See table 2-23 for definitions of light and large trucks.

dIncludes two fatalities that could not be assigned to a category above.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1999, DOT HS 809 100 (Washington, DC: December 2000), table 4, and personal communication, Nov. 28, 2001.

Breakout of passenger car types:

U.S Department of Transportation, National Center for Statistics and Analysis,Fatality Analysis Reporting System Database, 2001.