BTS | Table 2-21: Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data

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Table 2-21: Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Fatalities	25,929	27,449	23,212	24,092	22,385	21,387	21,566	21,997	22,423	22,505	22,199	21,194	20,862	20,699	20,320	20,569	19,725	(R) 19,192	18,440
Injured persons^E	N	N	N	2,376,439	2,234,594	2,231,703	2,264,809	2,363,595	2,469,358	2,458,080	2,340,612	2,201,375	2,137,503	2,051,609	1,926,625	1,804,788	1,756,495	1,642,549	1,573,000
Crashes^E	N	N	N	5,560,592	5,178,450	5,042,203	5,040,116	5,401,164	5,593,685	5,598,699	5,423,286	5,146,124	4,915,734	4,926,243	4,831,842	4,802,056	4,746,620	4,557,316	6,087,000
Vehicle-miles (millions)	1,030,376	1,107,056	1,248,981	1,427,178	1,411,655	1,436,035	1,445,106	1,459,208	1,478,352	1,499,139	1,528,399	1,555,901	1,566,808	1,580,735	1,595,443	1,611,860	1,612,237	(R) 1,628,225	1,614,807
Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles
Fatalities	2.5	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	(R) 1.2	1.1
Injured persons^E	N	N	N	167	158	155	157	162	167	164	153	141	136	130	121	112	109	(R) 101	97
Crashes^E	N	N	N	390	367	351	349	370	378	373	355	331	314	312	303	298	294	(R) 280	377

KEY: E = estimated; N = data do not exist; R = revised.

NOTE

Vehicle-miles in this table and in table 2-23 are taken from NHTSA revised data and are not based exclusively on USDOT, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. The change was made to reflect the different vehicle classification schemes used by FHWA and NHTSA. Thus, vehicle-miles for passenger cars, and light and large trucks in this table and table 2-23 should not be compared with vehicle-miles in chapter 1, which are taken directly from FHWA.

SOURCES

Fatalities, injuries, fatality and injury rates:

1975-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2005, Final Edition, DOT HS 810 631 (Washington, DC), table 7, http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2005.pdf as of Feb. 2, 2007 and personal communication, May 25, 2006.

Vehicle miles:

1975-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, Final Edition, DOT HS 810 631 (Washington, DC), table 7, Internet site http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2005.pdf as of Feb. 2, 2007.

Crashes:

1975-2004: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Database and General Estimates System Database, personal communication, May 25, 2006. 2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2005, Final Edition, DOT HS 810 631 (Washington, DC), table 35, http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2005.pdf as of June 19, 2007.

Crash rates:

Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics by dividing the number of crashes by the vehicle-miles traveled.