Table 1 - Pedalcyclist Fatalities by Age Group: 1975 and 2000
Table 1 - Pedalcyclist Fatalities by Age Group: 1975 and 2000
Age group | Number of fatalities | Percent of fatalities | Fatalities per million people (in age group) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | 2000 | 1975 | 2000 | 1975 | 2000 | |
Under 15 years | 614 | 178 | 61.2 | 25.7 | 11.2 | 2.9 |
15-24 | 223 | 90 | 22.2 | 13 | 5.7 | 2.3 |
25-54 | 103 | 298 | 10.3 | 43 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
55-64 | 23 | 59 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
Over 65 | 40 | 68 | 4 | 9.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Total | 1,003 | 693 | 100 | 100 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
SOURCES: Fatalities-U.S. Dep[artment of Transportation, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database,
available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/,
as of April 2002.
Population data (2000)-U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical
Abstract of the United States: 2001, available at http://www.census.gov.
Population data (1975)-U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, calculated from data in U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census
Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1981 (Washington,
DC: 1981).