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Table 2-19: Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and
Nonoccupant Fatalities
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TOTAL traffic fatalities |
44,525 |
51,091 |
43,825 |
44,599 |
41,508 |
39,250 |
40,150 |
40,716 |
41,817 |
(f)
42,065 |
42,013 |
41,501 |
41,717 |
41,945 |
42,196 |
43,005 |
42,884 |
(R)
42,836 |
43,443 |
Occupant
fatalities (by vehicle type) |
35,925 |
41,927 |
36,043 |
37,134 |
34,740 |
32,880 |
33,574 |
34,318 |
35,291 |
35,695 |
35,725 |
35,382 |
35,875 |
36,348 |
36,440 |
37,375 |
37,341 |
(R)
37,304 |
37,594 |
Passenger
car, total |
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 |
Subcompacta |
3,834 |
7,299 |
7,993 |
8,309 |
7,694 |
7,028 |
6,968 |
7,060 |
6,791 |
6,618 |
6,838 |
6,012 |
5,504 |
5,291 |
4,886 |
4,674 |
4,073 |
3,681 |
U |
Compactb |
614 |
927 |
2,635 |
5,310 |
5,338 |
5,354 |
5,707 |
6,322 |
6,899 |
7,288 |
7,992 |
7,589 |
7,432 |
7,525 |
7,211 |
7,348 |
7,013 |
6,807 |
U |
Intermediatec |
1,869 |
3,878 |
4,391 |
4,849 |
4,681 |
4,418 |
4,483 |
4,407 |
4,666 |
4,670 |
3,308 |
3,273 |
3,556 |
4,115 |
4,426 |
4,709 |
4,857 |
4,900 |
U |
Fulld |
10,800 |
11,580 |
6,586 |
4,635 |
4,040 |
3,796 |
3,675 |
3,560 |
3,413 |
3,417 |
3,924 |
4,303 |
4,365 |
3,744 |
3,765 |
3,775 |
3,682 |
3,603 |
U |
Unknown |
8,812 |
3,765 |
1,607 |
989 |
632 |
791 |
733 |
648 |
654 |
512 |
137 |
17 |
5 |
24 |
32 |
63 |
100 |
100 |
U |
Trucke, total |
5,817 |
8,748 |
7,666 |
9,306 |
9,052 |
8,683 |
9,116 |
9,574 |
10,216 |
10,553 |
10,972 |
11,447 |
12,024 |
12,280 |
12,431 |
12,963 |
13,272 |
(R) 13,440 |
13,778 |
Light |
4,856 |
7,486 |
6,689 |
8,601 |
8,391 |
8,098 |
8,511 |
8,904 |
9,568 |
9,932 |
10,249 |
10,705 |
11,265 |
11,526 |
11,723 |
12,274 |
12,546 |
(R)
12,674 |
12,975 |
Large |
961 |
1,262 |
977 |
705 |
661 |
585 |
605 |
670 |
648 |
621 |
723 |
742 |
759 |
754 |
708 |
689 |
726 |
(R) 766 |
803 |
Other
vehicles, total |
4,179 |
5,730 |
5,165 |
3,736 |
3,303 |
2,810 |
2,892 |
2,747 |
2,652 |
2,637 |
2,554 |
2,741 |
2,989 |
3,369 |
3,689 |
3,843 |
4,344 |
(R) 4,672 |
5,376 |
Motorcycle |
3,189 |
5,144 |
4,564 |
3,244 |
2,806 |
2,395 |
2,449 |
2,320 |
2,227 |
2,161 |
2,116 |
2,294 |
2,483 |
2,897 |
3,197 |
3,270 |
3,714 |
(R)
4,028 |
4,553 |
Bus |
53 |
46 |
57 |
32 |
31 |
28 |
18 |
18 |
33 |
21 |
18 |
38 |
59 |
22 |
34 |
45 |
41 |
(R) 42 |
58 |
Other
/ unknown vehicle type |
937 |
540 |
544 |
460 |
466 |
387 |
425 |
409 |
392 |
455 |
420 |
409 |
447 |
450 |
458 |
528 |
589 |
(R) 602 |
765 |
Nonoccupant
fatalities, total |
8,600 |
9,164 |
7,782 |
7,465 |
6,768 |
6,370 |
6,576 |
6,398 |
6,526 |
6,368 |
6,288 |
6,119 |
5,842 |
5,597 |
5,756 |
5,630 |
5,543 |
(R) 5,532 |
5,849 |
Pedestrian |
7,516 |
8,070 |
6,808 |
6,482 |
5,801 |
5,549 |
5,649 |
5,489 |
5,584 |
5,449 |
5,321 |
5,228 |
4,939 |
4,763 |
4,901 |
4,851 |
4,774 |
(R)
4,675 |
4,881 |
Pedalcyclist |
1,003 |
965 |
890 |
859 |
843 |
723 |
816 |
802 |
833 |
765 |
814 |
760 |
754 |
693 |
732 |
665 |
629 |
(R) 727 |
784 |
Other |
81 |
129 |
84 |
124 |
124 |
98 |
111 |
107 |
109 |
154 |
153 |
131 |
149 |
141 |
123 |
114 |
140 |
(R) 130 |
184 |
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available
a Includes minicompact
cars (wheelbase under 95 inches) and subcompact cars (wheelbase between 95
and 99 inches).
b Includes cars with a
wheelbase of between 100 and 104 inches.
c Includes cars with a
wheelbase of between 105 and 109 inches.
d Includes cars with a
wheelbase of 110 inches or greater.
e Large trucks - trucks over
10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and
truck tractors. Light trucks - trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight
rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility
vehicles.
f Includes two fatalities that
could not be assigned to a category below.
SOURCES
1975-2005: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2005, DOT HS 809 919 (Washington, DC: 2006), table 4.
Breakout of passenger car types:
1975-96: Ibid.,
personal communications, Dec. 18, 2003,
Nov. 17, 2004, and Mar. 15, 2005.
1997-2005: Ibid., Traffic Safety
Facts, Research Note: Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatality Rates by Type and
Size of Vehicle, DOT HS 809 979
(Washington, DC: 2006), table 4, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2006/809979.pdf as of
June 8, 2007.
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