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Table 2-21: Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data
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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 |
19,460 |
Injured personsE |
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 |
CrashesE |
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 |
(R)
4,831,842 |
4,802,056 |
4,746,307 |
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 |
1,580,493 |
1,593,459 |
(R)
1,608,270 |
1,607,993 |
Rates
per 100 million vehicle-miles |
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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 |
(R) 1.3 |
1.2 |
Injured
personsE |
N |
N |
N |
167 |
158 |
155 |
157 |
162 |
167 |
164 |
153 |
141 |
136 |
130 |
121 |
(R) 112 |
109 |
CrashesE |
N |
N |
N |
390 |
367 |
351 |
349 |
370 |
378 |
373 |
355 |
331 |
314 |
312 |
(R) 303 |
(R) 299 |
295 |
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:
1975-2003: U.S.
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic
Safety Facts 2003, Final Edition, DOT HS
809 775 (Washington, DC: January 2005), table 7, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2003Final.pdf as of
Apr. 1, 2005 and personal communication, Nov. 17, 2004.
Vehicle
miles:
1975-2003: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2003, Final Edition, DOT HS 809 775 (Washington, DC: January 2005), table 7,
Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2003Final.pdf as of
Apr. 1, 2005.
Crashes:
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, Dec. 28, 2004.
Crash rates:
Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics by dividing the number of crashes by the
vehicle-miles traveled.
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