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FIGURE 7-1 Fatality Rates for Select Highway Modes: 1990–2012

Friday, April 10, 2015

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Total highway

Year Fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles of travel
1990 2.1
1991 1.9
1992 1.7
1993 1.7
1994 1.7
1995 1.7
1996 1.7
1997 1.6
1998 1.6
1999 1.6
2000 1.5
2001 1.5
2002 1.5
2003 1.5
2004 1.4
2005 1.5
2006 1.4
2007 1.4
2008 1.3
2009 1.1
2010 1.1
2011 1.1
2012 1.1

 

Light-duty vehicles occupants

Year Fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles of travel
1990 1.6
1991 1.5
1992 1.4
1993 1.4
1994 1.4
1995 1.4
1996 1.4
1997 1.4
1998 1.3
1999 1.3
2000 1.3
2001 1.2
2002 1.3
2003 1.2
2004 1.2
2005 1.1
2006 1.1
2007 1.1
2008 1.0
2009 0.9
2010 0.8
2011 0.8
2012 0.8

 

Highway nonoccupants

Year Fatalities per 100,000 population
1990 3.0
1991 2.7
1992 2.5
1993 2.6
1994 2.5
1995 2.5
1996 2.4
1997 2.4
1998 2.3
1999 2.1
2000 2.0
2001 2.0
2002 2.0
2003 1.9
2004 1.9
2005 2.0
2006 1.9
2007 1.9
2008 1.8
2009 1.6
2010 1.7
2011 1.7
2012 1.8

 

Large truck occupants

Year Fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles of travel
1990 0.5
1991 0.4
1992 0.4
1993 0.4
1994 0.4
1995 0.4
1996 0.3
1997 0.4
1998 0.4
1999 0.4
2000 0.4
2001 0.3
2002 0.3
2003 0.3
2004 0.3
2005 0.4
2006 0.4
2007 0.3
2008 0.2
2009 0.2
2010 0.2
2011 0.2
2012 0.3

 

U.S. air carriers

Year Fatalities per 100,000 flight departures
1990 0.5
1991 0.6
1992 0.4
1993 0.0
1994 2.9
1995 2.0
1996 4.6
1997 0.1
1998 0.0
1999 0.1
2000 0.8
2001 4.8
2002 0.0
2003 0.2
2004 0.1
2005 0.2
2006 0.5
2007 0.0
2008 0.0
2009 0.5
2010 0.0
2011 0.0
2012 0.0

 

General aviation

Year Fatalities per 100,000 flight hours
1990 2.7
1991 2.9
1992 3.5
1993 3.3
1994 3.3
1995 2.9
1996 2.6
1997 2.5
1998 2.4
1999 2.1
2000 2.1
2001 2.2
2002 2.3
2003 2.4
2004 2.2
2005 2.4
2006 2.9
2007 2.1
2008 2.2
2009 2.3
2010 2.1
2011 2.1
2012 2.0

NOTES: Air carrier fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist acts include only onboard fatalities. Light-duty Vehicles includes passenger car and light truck occupants.

SOURCE: Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) based upon multiple sources as cited in USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics, tables 2-9, 2-14, 2-17, 2-19, 2-21, and 2-23. Available at www.bts.gov as of June 2014.