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Year Passenger car occupants Light truck occupants Large truck occupants Motorcycle riders General aviation Air carriers Fatalities VMT (millions) Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT...Excel | CSV | Table Version
Notes: Data revised from previous editions—air:1990–1991, 1994, 1999–2001; light truck: 1998–1999, 2001. Air carrier data were smoothed using an exponential smoothing...
(Number of fatalities)
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Year Total fatalities in motor vehicle crashes Fatalities in alcohol related-crashes 1990 44,599 22,589 1991 41,508 20,158...(Number of fatalities)
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Note: Some data have been revised and differ from previous editions.
Source: U.S. Department of...
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