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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 |
(R)
20,320 |
(R)
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 |
4,831,727 |
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 |
(R) 1,593,459 |
1,608,464 |
U |
Rates
per 100 million vehicle-miles |
|
|
|
|
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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 |
1.3 |
U |
Injured
personsE |
N |
N |
N |
R166 |
158 |
155 |
157 |
162 |
167 |
164 |
153 |
141 |
136 |
130 |
(R) 121 |
112 |
U |
CrashesE |
N |
N |
N |
390 |
367 |
351 |
349 |
370 |
378 |
373 |
355 |
331 |
314 |
312 |
(R) 303 |
299 |
U |
KEY: E = estimated; N = data do not exist; R =
revised; U = data are not available.
a 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.
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, vehicle miles, 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 2002, DOT HS 809 620
(Washington, DC: December 2003), table 7, 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:
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, Nov. 17, 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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