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Figure 6-7 Injury Rates for Select Modes: 2000-2014

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

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Total highway

Year Injuries per 100 million vehicle miles
2000 116.1
2001 108.0
2002 102.5
2003 99.9
2004 94.0
2005 90.3
2006 85.4
2007 82.2
2008 78.8
2009 75.0
2010 75.0
2011 75.1
2012 79.5
2013 77.4
2014 77.3
2015 78.0

Passenger car occupants

Year Injuries per 100 million vehicle miles
2000 129.6
2001 120.7
2002 111.8
2003 108.9
2004 100.8
2005 97.3
2006 91.2
2007 88.7
2008 85.5
2009 80.5
2010 83.1
2011 90.0
2012 96.4
2013 93.6
2014 92.5

 

Highway nonoccupants

Year Injuries per 100,000 population
2000 47.5
2001 46.0
2002 43.8
2003 42.7
2004 40.3
2005 39.9
2006 37.5
2007 41.2
2008 42.7
2009 37.8
2010 42.0
2011 40.4
2012 43.2
2013 39.6
2014 39.2

 

Motorcycle operators

Year Injuries per 100 million vehicle miles
2000 554.0
2001 622.9
2002 680.5
2003 699.7
2004 750.8
2005 832.2
2006 730.4
2007 481.4
2008 461.3
2009 432.2
2010 442.9
2011 436.8
2012 434.9
2013 432.1
2014 460.7

 

U.S. air carriers

Year Injuries per 100,000 flight hours
2000 0.41
2001 0.26
2002 0.33
2003 0.43
2004 0.25
2005 0.17
2006 0.11
2007 0.19
2008 0.32
2009 0.31
2010 0.22
2011 0.26
2012 0.24
2013 0.12
2014 0.18

 

General aviation

Year Injuries per 100,000 flight hours
2000 1.1
2001 1.3
2002 1.2
2003 1.2
2004 1.1
2005 1.2
2006 1.1
2007 1.1
2008 1.1
2009 1.3
2010 1.2
2011 1.6
2012 1.2
2013 1.1
2014 1.3

NOTES: Passenger car occupants includes passenger car and light truck occupants. Air includes serious injuries only. Nonoccupant includes pedestrians and riders of nonmotorized bicycles and other pedal-powered vehicles. Total Highway, Passenger Car Occupants, and Motorcycle Operators: When comparing highway data from 2006 and before to data from later years, it needs to be understood that a revised methodology for estimating registered vehicles and vehicle miles traveled by vehicle type for the highway modes was applied to 2007 data and beyond, and this difference in methodologies needs to be taken into account.

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 1-35, 2-2, 2-9, and 2-14. Available at www.bts.gov as of April 2016.