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Table 2-18: Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Vehicle-Miles, and Associated Rates by Highway Functional System

Friday, April 14, 2017

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  1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Fatalities                                                
Rural, total 29,545 24,492 25,786 23,978 24,281 24,811 24,751 25,185 23,984 24,835 25,735 24,860 24,954 24,387 23,406 22,707 20,807 19,190 17,968 17,633 18,166 17,636 16,648 17,050
Interstate 2,263 2,141 2,707 2,675 2,924 3,040 3,105 3,244 3,254 3,142 3,298 3,144 3,227 3,248 2,887 2,658 2,416 2,045 2,113 1,969 1,835 1,994 1,762 1,918
Other arterialsa 12,268 9,940 9,893 9,947 9,435 9,678 9,594 9,573 9,007 9,267 9,361 9,720 10,210 9,304 8,900 8,758 7,873 7,609 7,001 7,039 7,701 7,410 7,360 8,465
Collectorb 10,004 8,209 8,852 7,401 7,526 7,643 7,593 7,595 7,309 7,714 8,017 7,630 7,355 7,392 7,325 7,027 6,491 5,910 5,314 5,171 5,178 4,747 4,502 4,322
Local 5,010 4,202 4,334 3,955 4,396 4,450 4,459 4,773 4,414 4,712 5,059 4,366 4,162 4,443 4,294 4,264 4,027 3,626 3,540 3,454 3,452 3,485 3,024 2,345
Urban, total 21,546 19,333 18,813 17,839 17,299 16,758 16,143 15,970 15,855 16,895 16,978 17,693 17,370 18,553 18,742 17,467 15,956 14,460 14,642 14,542 15,334 15,102 15,823 15,276
Interstate 2,184 2,025 2,252 2,154 2,321 2,292 2,283 2,353 2,419 2,523 2,482 2,500 2,602 2,734 2,663 2,608 2,259 2,049 2,124 2,159 2,150 2,101 2,332 2,424
Other arterialsa 12,752 12,521 11,742 10,916 10,718 10,239 9,902 9,628 9,523 9,928 9,848 10,342 10,093 10,935 10,944 9,876 9,056 8,155 8,471 8,277 8,753 8,638 9,145 9,455
Collector 2,226 1,696 1,427 1,441 1,208 1,163 1,037 1,031 1,001 1,094 1,151 1,323 1,385 1,426 1,513 1,437 1,239 1,158 1,069 1,137 1,236 1,114 1,219 1,242
Local 4,384 3,091 3,392 3,328 3,052 3,064 2,921 2,958 2,912 3,350 3,497 3,528 3,290 3,458 3,622 3,546 3,402 3,098 2,978 2,969 3,195 3,249 3,127 2,155
Vehicle-miles of travel (VMT) (millions)                                                
Rural, total 672,030 730,728 868,878 933,289 960,194 999,277 1,032,528 1,062,623 1,083,152 1,109,363 1,127,394 1,084,443 1,068,426 1,032,426 1,037,146 1,032,790 988,235 982,180 984,148 974,038 976,624 941,912 920,928 928,905
Interstate 135,084 154,357 200,173 223,382 232,565 240,255 251,520 260,166 268,180 273,619 280,609 269,650 266,245 256,642 257,915 256,438 243,221 242,178 245,647 243,587 245,872 234,303 231,372 235,766
Other arterialsa 262,774 282,803 330,866 368,595 378,847 392,057 403,484 413,320 420,599 427,482 433,930 417,299 409,413 396,455 394,582 393,465 374,235 372,860 376,413 373,099 371,954 358,762 355,119 357,431
Collectorb 189,468 206,669 240,460 236,148 241,030 254,100 257,868 264,453 267,231 272,074 274,869 262,799 260,664 250,701 251,367 246,927 236,954 231,337 229,357 227,754 228,771 221,223 208,689 208,685
Local 84,704 86,899 97,379 105,164 107,752 112,865 119,656 124,684 127,142 136,188 137,986 134,695 132,104 128,628 133,282 135,960 133,825 135,805 132,731 129,597 130,027 127,623 125,747 127,024
Urban, total 855,265 1,044,098 1,275,484 1,489,534 1,523,886 1,552,956 1,595,620 1,627,618 1,663,773 1,686,247 1,728,114 1,805,778 1,896,362 1,957,004 1,977,225 1,998,334 1,988,293 1,974,583 1,982,358 1,972,094 1,992,191 2,046,369 2,104,728 2,166,468
Interstate 161,242 216,188 278,901 341,528 351,579 361,433 374,622 383,259 393,465 399,986 409,208 432,757 455,538 470,925 477,287 483,315 476,114 474,798 477,693 476,704 484,547 505,309 519,843 541,186
Other arterialsa 484,189 578,270 699,233 815,170 834,623 846,627 862,996 878,153 900,392 913,936 937,935 974,933 1,021,705 1,051,088 1,060,266 1,067,127 1,061,589 1,053,529 1,052,572 1,044,104 1,052,184 1,068,927 1,085,036 1,108,786
Collector 83,043 89,578 106,297 126,929 129,310 130,146 131,905 131,603 135,372 137,921 141,964 154,453 162,218 170,265 173,216 175,966 177,140 179,993 180,565 178,778 179,513 188,547 205,053 213,425
Local 126,791 160,062 191,053 205,907 208,374 214,750 226,097 234,603 234,544 234,404 239,007 243,635 256,901 264,726 266,456 271,926 273,450 266,264 271,528 272,507 275,946 283,585 294,796 303,071
Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles                                                
Rural, total 4.40 3.35 2.97 2.57 2.53 2.48 2.40 2.37 2.21 2.24 2.28 2.29 2.34 2.36 2.26 2.20 2.11 1.95 1.83 1.81 1.86 1.87 1.81 1.84
Interstate 1.68 1.39 1.35 1.20 1.26 1.27 1.23 1.25 1.21 1.15 1.18 1.17 1.21 1.27 1.12 1.04 0.99 0.84 0.86 0.81 0.75 0.85 0.76 0.81
Other arterialsa 4.67 3.51 2.99 2.70 2.49 2.47 2.38 2.32 2.14 2.17 2.16 2.33 2.49 2.35 2.26 2.23 2.10 2.04 1.86 1.89 2.07 2.07 2.07 2.37
Collectorb 5.28 3.97 3.68 3.13 3.12 3.01 2.94 2.87 2.74 2.84 2.92 2.90 2.82 2.95 2.91 2.85 2.74 2.55 2.32 2.27 2.26 2.15 2.16 2.07
Local 5.91 4.84 4.45 3.76 4.08 3.94 3.73 3.83 3.47 3.46 3.67 3.24 3.15 3.45 3.22 3.14 3.01 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.65 2.73 2.40 1.85
Urban, total 2.52 1.85 1.47 1.20 1.14 1.08 1.01 0.98 0.95 1.00 0.98 0.98 0.92 0.95 0.95 0.87 0.80 0.73 0.74 0.74 0.77 0.74 0.75 0.71
Interstate 1.35 0.94 0.81 0.63 0.66 0.63 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.63 0.61 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.56 0.54 0.47 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.44 0.42 0.45 0.45
Other arterialsa 2.63 2.17 1.68 1.34 1.28 1.21 1.15 1.10 1.06 1.09 1.05 1.06 0.99 1.04 1.03 0.93 0.85 0.77 0.80 0.79 0.83 0.81 0.84 0.85
Collectorb 2.68 1.89 1.34 1.14 0.93 0.89 0.79 0.78 0.74 0.79 0.81 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.87 0.82 0.70 0.64 0.59 0.64 0.69 0.59 0.59 0.58
Local 3.46 1.93 1.78 1.62 1.46 1.43 1.29 1.26 1.24 1.43 1.46 1.45 1.28 1.31 1.36 1.30 1.24 1.16 1.10 1.09 1.16 1.15 1.06 0.71

a Urban Other arterials for all years and Rural Other arterials for 2015 are the sum of other freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials. Rural Other arterials for all other years are the sum of other principal arterials and minor arterials.

b Collector is the sum of major and minor collectors.

NOTES

Includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Fatalities data reflect original numbers received by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Thus, the Fatalities data in this table could be slightly different from the revised NHTSA numbers that appear in other tables in this volume.

SOURCES

Fatalities:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table FI-220, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 30, 2017.

Vehicle miles:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-202, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 30, 2017.

Fatality rates:

Calculated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.