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	2001	2002
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	41,717	41,945	R42,196	42,815
Occupant fatalities (by vehicle type)	35,925	41,927	36,043	37,134	34,740	32,880	33,574	34,318	35,291	35,695	35,725	35,382	35,875	36,348	R36,440	37,232
Passenger car, 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	20,862	20,699	R20,320	20,416
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	4,887	4,773	R4,458	4,226
Compact	614	927	2,635	5,310	5,338	5,354	5,707	6,322	6,899	7,288	7,195	6,804	6,942	7,022	R6,731	7,002
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	4,721	5,204	R5,402	5,473
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	2,887	3,184	R3,208	3,233
Unknown	8,812	3,765	1,607	989	632	791	733	648	654	512	509	1,153	1,425	516	R521	482
Truckc, 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	12,024	12,280	12,431	12,866
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	11,265	11,526	R11,723	12,182
Large	961	1,262	977	705	661	585	605	670	648	621	723	742	759	754	R708	684
Other vehicles, 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	2,989	3,369	3,689	3,950
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	2,483	2,897	R3,197	3,244
Bus	53	46	57	32	31	28	18	18	33	21	18	38	59	22	34	45
Other / unknown vehicle type	937	540	544	460	466	387	425	409	392	455	420	409	447	450	R458	661
Nonoccupant fatalities, total	8,600	9,164	7,782	7,465	6,768	6,370	6,576	6,398	6,526	6,368	6,288	6,119	5,842	5,597	5,756	5,583
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	4,939	4,763	R4,901	4,808
Pedalcyclist	1,003	965	890	859	843	723	816	802	833	765	814	760	754	693	R732	662
Other	81	129	84	124	124	98	111	107	109	154	153	131	149	141	R123	113

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.

^d Includes two fatalities that could not be assigned to a category above.

SOURCES

2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2002 Early Edition, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington, DC: 2003), table 4.

Breakout of passenger car types:

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, Dec. 18, 2003.