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The injury rate per 100 million vehicle miles of travel decreased by 4.3 percent from 2004 to 2005.
[Trends 2005]
Motorcycle helmets were required for all riders in 20 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2005. Twenty-seven states had helmet requirements with exceptions (age, rider type, roadway type), and three states did not require helmets at all.
[States 2005]
Fifty-eight percent of fatal crashes involved only one vehicle, compared to 31 percent of injury crashes and 31 percent of property-damage-only crashes.
[Crashes 2005]

National Statistics

	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Fatal Crashes	37,248	38,648	39,252	38,444	38,477	38,491	37,862	37,526	37,140	37,107	37,324	37,494	37,241	36,254
Traffic Crash Fatalities
Vehicle Occupants
Drivers	21,647	22,831	23,237	23,158	23,352	23,625	22,914	22,914	22,971	22,654	22,730	22,572	22,370	21,596
Passengers	8,657	9,187	9,750	10,042	10,171	10,370	10,227	10,451	10,325	10,327	10,765	10,860	10,576	10,294
Unknown	97	101	83	76	104	110	102	86	96	107	114	102	118	108
Sub Total1	30,401	32,119	33,070	33,276	33,627	34,105	33,243	33,451	33,392	33,088	33,609	33,534	33,064	31,998
Motorcyclists	5,154	4,837	4,576	4,028	3,714	3,270	3,197	2,897	2,483	2,294	2,116	2,161	2,227	2,320
Nonmotorist
Pedestrians	4,654	4,795	4,892	4,675	4,774	4,851	4,901	4,763	4,939	5,228	5,321	5,449	5,584	5,489
Pedalcyclists	698	772	786	727	629	665	732	693	754	760	814	765	833	802
Other/Unknown	152	185	186	130	140	114	123	141	149	131	153	154	109	107
Sub Total2	5,504	5,752	5,864	5,532	5,543	5,630	5,756	5,597	5,842	6,119	6,288	6,368	6,526	6,398
Total*	41,059	42,708	43,510	42,836	42,884	43,005	42,196	41,945	41,717	41,501	42,013	42,065	41,817	40,716
Other National Statistics
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions)	2,996	3,014	2,989	2,965	2,890	2,856	2,797	2,747	2,691	2,632	2,562	2,486	2,423	2,358
Resident Population (Thousands)	301,621	298,755	295,896	293,192	290,448	287,888	285,112	282,194	272,691	270,248	267,784	265,229	262,803	260,327
Registered Vehicles (Thousands)	-	251,423	245,628	237,949	230,633	225,685	221,230	217,028	212,685	208,076	203,568	201,631	197,065	192,497
Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	-	202,810	200,549	198,889	196,166	194,602	191,276	190,625	187,170	184,861	182,709	179,539	176,628	175,403
National Rates: Fatalities
Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	1.37	1.42	1.46	1.44	1.48	1.51	1.51	1.53	1.55	1.58	1.64	1.69	1.73	1.73
Fatalities per 100,000 Population	13.61	14.30	14.70	14.61	14.76	14.94	14.80	14.86	15.30	15.36	15.69	15.86	15.91	15.64
Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	-	16.99	17.71	18.00	18.59	19.06	19.07	19.33	19.61	19.95	20.64	20.86	21.22	21.15
Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	-	21.06	21.70	21.54	21.86	22.10	22.06	22.00	22.29	22.45	22.99	23.43	23.68	23.21

* Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.