Table 4-3 - Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category
Monday, September 10, 2012
Table 4-3 - Highway Fatalities and Injuries by Occupant and Nonoccupant Category
Year | Passenger car | Light truck | Large truck | Bus | Motorcycle | Other/unknown vehicle occupants | Pedestrians | Pedal-cyclists | Other/unknown non-occupants | All occupant and non-occupantcategories |
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Fatalities: 1975-98 | ||||||||||
1975 | 25,929 | 4,856 | 961 | 53 | 3,189 | 937 | 7,516 | 1,003 | 81 | 44,525 |
1976 | 26,166 | 5,438 | 1,132 | 73 | 3,312 | 981 | 7,427 | 914 | 80 | 45,523 |
1977 | 26,782 | 5,976 | 1,287 | 42 | 4,104 | 959 | 7,732 | 922 | 74 | 47,878 |
1978 | 28,153 | 6,745 | 1,395 | 41 | 4,577 | 622 | 7,795 | 892 | 111 | 50,331 |
1979 | 27,808 | 7,178 | 1,432 | 39 | 4,894 | 579 | 8,096 | 932 | 135 | 51,093 |
1980 | 27,449 | 7,486 | 1,262 | 46 | 5,144 | 540 | 8,070 | 965 | 129 | 51,091 |
1981 | 26,645 | 7,081 | 1,133 | 56 | 4,906 | 603 | 7,837 | 936 | 104 | 49,301 |
1982 | 23,330 | 6,359 | 944 | 35 | 4,453 | 525 | 7,331 | 883 | 85 | 43,945 |
1983 | 22,979 | 6,202 | 982 | 53 | 4,265 | 362 | 6,826 | 839 | 81 | 42,589 |
1984 | 23,620 | 6,496 | 1,074 | 46 | 4,608 | 440 | 7,025 | 849 | 99 | 44,257 |
1985 | 23,212 | 6,689 | 977 | 57 | 4,564 | 544 | 6,808 | 890 | 84 | 43,825 |
1986 | 24,944 | 7,317 | 926 | 39 | 4,566 | 442 | 6,779 | 941 | 133 | 46,087 |
1987 | 25,132 | 8,058 | 852 | 51 | 4,036 | 436 | 6,745 | 948 | 132 | 46,390 |
1988 | 25,808 | 8,306 | 911 | 54 | 3,662 | 429 | 6,870 | 911 | 136 | 47,087 |
1989 | 25,063 | 8,551 | 858 | 50 | 3,141 | 424 | 6,556 | 832 | 107 | 45,582 |
1990 | 24,092 | 8,601 | 705 | 32 | 3,244 | 460 | 6,482 | 859 | 124 | 44,599 |
1991 | 22,385 | 8,391 | 661 | 31 | 2,806 | 466 | 5,801 | 843 | 124 | 41,508 |
1992 | 21,387 | 8,098 | 585 | 28 | 2,395 | 387 | 5,549 | 723 | 98 | 39,250 |
1993 | 21,566 | 8,511 | 605 | 18 | 2,449 | 425 | 5,649 | 816 | 111 | 40,150 |
1994 | 21,997 | 8,904 | 670 | 18 | 2,320 | 409 | 5,489 | 802 | 107 | 40,716 |
1995 | 22,423 | 9,568 | 648 | 33 | 2,227 | 392 | 5,584 | 833 | 109 | 41,817 |
1996 | 22,505 | 9,932 | 621 | 21 | 2,161 | 455 | 5,449 | 765 | 154 | R42,065 |
1997 | R21,199 | R10,249 | R723 | R18 | R2,116 | R420 | R5,321 | R814 | R153 | R42,013 |
1998 | 21,164 | 10,647 | 728 | 36 | 2,284 | 500 | 5,220 | 761 | 131 | 41,471 |
Injuries (thousands): 1988-98 | ||||||||||
1988 | 2,585 | 478 | 37 | 15 | 105 | 4 | 110 | 75 | 8 | 3,416 |
1989 | 2,431 | 511 | 43 | 15 | 83 | 5 | 112 | 73 | 11 | 3,284 |
1990 | 2,376 | 505 | 42 | 33 | 84 | 4 | 105 | 75 | 7 | 3,231 |
1991 | 2,235 | 563 | 28 | 21 | 80 | 4 | 88 | 67 | 11 | 3,097 |
1992 | 2,232 | 545 | 34 | 20 | 65 | 12 | 89 | 63 | 10 | 3,070 |
1993 | 2,265 | 601 | 32 | 17 | 59 | 4 | 94 | 68 | 9 | 3,149 |
1994 | 2,364 | 631 | 30 | 16 | 57 | 4 | 92 | 62 | 9 | 3,266 |
1995 | 2,469 | 722 | 30 | 19 | 57 | 4 | 86 | 67 | 10 | 3,465 |
1996 | R2,458 | R761 | 33 | 20 | R55 | 4 | 82 | R58 | 11 | R3,483 |
1997 | R2,341 | R755 | 31 | 17 | R53 | R6 | 77 | 58 | 11 | R3,348 |
1998 | 2,201 | 763 | 29 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 69 | 53 | 8 | 3,192 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 1997 (Washington, DC: 1998).
Revised and 1998 data: _____, Traffic Safety Facts: Overview 1998, available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factsheet/html.