BTS | Table 2-17: Motor Vehicle Safety Data

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Table 2-17: Motor Vehicle Safety Data

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Fatalities	36,399	47,089	52,627	44,525	51,091	43,825	44,599	41,508	39,250	40,150	40,716	41,817	42,065	42,013	41,501	41,717	41,945	42,196	43,005	42,884	42,836	(R) 43,510	42,642
Injured persons^E	N	N	N	N	N	N	3,230,666	3,096,870	3,069,603	3,149,164	3,265,928	3,465,279	3,483,319	3,347,614	3,192,035	3,236,238	3,188,750	3,032,672	2,926,000	2,889,000	2,788,000	2,699,000	2,575,000
Crashes^E	N	N	N	N	N	N	6,471,202	6,117,359	6,000,310	6,105,915	6,495,988	6,699,415	6,769,583	6,624,149	6,334,573	6,279,036	6,393,624	6,322,896	6,316,000	6,328,000	6,181,000	6,159,000	5,973,000
Vehicle-miles (millions)	718,763	887,811	1,109,724	1,327,664	1,527,295	1,774,827	2,144,362	2,172,050	2,247,151	2,296,378	2,357,588	2,422,696	2,485,848	2,561,695	2,631,522	2,691,056	2,746,925	2,797,287	2,855,508	2,890,450	2,964,788	(R) 2,989,430	3,014,116
Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles
Fatalities	5.1	5.3	4.7	3.4	3.3	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	(R) 1.5	1.4
Injured persons^E	N	N	N	N	N	N	151	143	137	137	139	143	140	131	121	120	116	108	102	100	94	(R) 90	85
Crashes^E	N	N	N	N	N	N	302	282	267	266	276	277	272	259	241	233	233	226	221	219	208	(R) 206	198

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

SOURCES

Fatalities:

1960-70: Estimated by U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from data supplied by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, and individual state accident reports (adjusted to 30-day deaths). Fatalities data prior to 1975 have been adjusted to reflect the Fatality Analysis Reporting System's definition of a fatal crash as one that involves a motor vehicle on a trafficway, which results in the death of a vehicle occupant or a nonmotorist within 30 days of the crash.

1975-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, DOT HS 809 919 (Washington, DC: December 2006), table 2.

Injured persons:

1990-2001: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington, DC: January 2004), table 2.

2002-06: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2006, DOT HS 809 919 (Washington, DC: December 2006), table 2.

Crashes:

1990-2006: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2006, DOT HS 809 919 (Washington, DC: December 2006), table 1.

1960-65: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.

Vehicle-miles:

1970-2006: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), table VM1, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Fatality, injury, and crash rates:

Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.