Table 2-17: Motor Vehicle Safety Data
Table 2-17: Motor Vehicle Safety Data
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | (R) 2007 | (P) 2008 | |
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Fatalities | 36,399 | 47,089 | 52,627 | 44,525 | 51,091 | 43,825 | 44,599 | 41,508 | 39,250 | 40,150 | 40,716 | 41,817 | 42,065 | 42,013 | 41,501 | 41,717 | 41,945 | 42,196 | 43,005 | 42,884 | 42,836 | 43,510 | 42,708 | 41,259 | 37,261 |
Injured persons | N | N | N | N | N | N | 3,230,666 | 3,096,870 | 3,069,603 | 3,149,164 | 3,265,928 | 3,465,279 | 3,483,319 | 3,347,614 | 3,192,035 | 3,236,238 | 3,188,750 | 3,032,672 | 2,926,000 | 2,889,000 | 2,788,000 | 2,699,000 | 2,575,000 | 2,491,000 | 2,346,000 |
Crashes | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6,471,202 | 6,117,359 | 6,000,310 | 6,105,915 | 6,495,988 | 6,699,415 | 6,769,583 | 6,624,149 | 6,334,573 | 6,279,036 | 6,393,624 | 6,322,896 | 6,316,000 | 6,328,000 | 6,181,000 | 6,159,000 | 5,973,000 | 6,024,000 | 5,811,000 |
Vehicle-miles (millions) | 718,763 | 887,811 | 1,109,724 | 1,327,664 | 1,527,295 | 1,774,827 | 2,144,362 | 2,172,050 | 2,247,151 | 2,296,378 | 2,357,588 | 2,422,696 | 2,485,848 | 2,561,695 | 2,631,522 | 2,691,056 | 2,746,925 | 2,797,287 | 2,855,508 | 2,890,450 | 2,964,788 | 2,989,430 | 3,014,371 | 3,032,399 | 2,973,509 |
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Fatalities | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Injured persons | N | N | N | N | N | N | 151 | 143 | 137 | 137 | 139 | 143 | 140 | 131 | 121 | 120 | 116 | 108 | 102 | 100 | 94 | 90 | 85 | 82 | 79 |
Crashes | N | N | N | N | N | N | 302 | 282 | 267 | 266 | 276 | 277 | 272 | 259 | 241 | 233 | 233 | 226 | 221 | 219 | 208 | 206 | 198 | 199 | 195 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.
NOTE
Fatalities data prior to 1975 have been adjusted to reflect the Fatality Analysis Reporting System's definition of a fatal crash as one that involves a motor vehicle on a trafficway, which results in the death of a vehicle occupant or a nonmotorist within 30 days of the crash.
SOURCES
Fatalities:
1960-70: Estimated by U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from data supplied by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, and individual state accident reports (adjusted to 30-day deaths).
1975-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2008: Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 2, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=E&ShowBy=DocType as of Feb. 22, 2010.
Injured persons:
1990-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington, DC: January 2004), table 2.
2002-08: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2008: Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 2, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=E&ShowBy=DocType as of Feb. 22, 2010.
Crashes:
1960-65: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.
1990-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2008: Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 1, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=E&ShowBy=DocType as of Feb. 22, 2010.
Vehicle-miles:
1970-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issue), table VM1, and similar tables in earlier editions, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Feb. 22, 2010.
Fatality, injury, and crash rates:
Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.