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Table 2-23: Truck Occupant
Safety Data
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Fatalities,
total |
5,817 |
8,748 |
7,666 |
9,306 |
10,216 |
12,280 |
(R) 12,431 |
12,963 |
13,167 |
Light |
4,856 |
7,486 |
6,689 |
8,601 |
9,568 |
11,526 |
(R) 11,723 |
12,274 |
12,444 |
Large |
961 |
1,262 |
977 |
705 |
648 |
754 |
(R) 708 |
689 |
723 |
Injured
personsE, total |
N |
N |
N |
546,966 |
752,840 |
917,398 |
889,951 |
905,580 |
915,941 |
Light |
N |
N |
N |
505,144 |
722,496 |
886,566 |
860,527 |
879,338 |
889,048 |
Large |
N |
N |
N |
41,822 |
30,344 |
30,832 |
29,424 |
26,242 |
26,893 |
CrashesE, totala |
N |
N |
N |
2,459,908 |
3,039,159 |
3,539,797 |
3,560,956 |
3,592,130 |
3,671,952 |
Light |
N |
N |
N |
2,152,486 |
2,749,596 |
3,207,738 |
3,254,027 |
3,280,313 |
3,357,107 |
Large |
N |
N |
N |
371,801 |
362,883 |
437,861 |
409,352 |
416,477 |
436,115 |
Vehicle-miles
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light |
204,274 |
295,475 |
388,778 |
555,659 |
749,971 |
942,853 |
(R) 978,080 |
1,016,360 |
U |
Large |
81,330 |
108,491 |
123,504 |
146,242 |
178,156 |
205,520 |
(R) 209,032 |
214,530 |
U |
Rates per 100 million vehicle-miles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fatalities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light |
2.4 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
U |
Large |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
U |
Injured personsE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light |
N |
N |
N |
91 |
96 |
94 |
88 |
87 |
U |
Large |
N |
N |
N |
29 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
U |
CrashesE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light |
N |
N |
N |
387 |
367 |
340 |
(R) 333 |
323 |
U |
Large |
N |
N |
N |
254 |
204 |
213 |
(R) 196 |
194 |
U |
KEY: E = estimated; N =
data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Crashes often involve more than one type of truck (light or
large), hence "total truck crashes" is smaller than the sum of the
components.
b The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) typically revises its most recent annual
estimates the following year. The data here remain unrevised from the date of
publication, but may be revised in the future.
NOTES
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. The injury and crash data in
this table are from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) General Estimates System
(GES). The data from GES, which began
operation in 1988, are obtained from a nationally representative probability
sample selected from all police-reported crashes. The GES sample includes only crashes where
a police accident report was completed and the crash resulted in property
damage, injury, or death. The
resulting figures do not take into account crashes that were not reported to
the police or that did not result in property damage.
Vehicle-miles in this table and in table 2-19 are taken from
NHTSA revised data and are not based exclusively on USDOT, Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) data, as they have been in earlier reports. 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 table 2-19 and this table should not be compared
with vehicle-miles in Chapter 1, which are taken directly from FHWA.
SOURCES
Fatalities, injuries, vehicle-miles, fatality and injury
rates:
1975-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOT HS 809 620 (Washington, DC: January 2004), tables 8,
9, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002Final.pdf as of
Oct. 13, 2004 and personal communication, Nov. 17, 2004.
2003: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts
2003: Overview, DOT HS 809 767 (Washington,
DC: 2004), table 1, Internet site
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2003/809767 as of Oct. 13,
2004 and personal communication Nov. 17, 2004.
Crashes:
Ibid., National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis
Reporting System Database and General Estimates System Database, personal
communication, Nov. 17, 2004.
Crash rates:
Calculated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics.
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