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Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985–2006,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Year,Passenger car occupants,,,Light-truck occupants,,,Large-truck occupants,,,Motorcycle riders,,,General aviation,,,Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates),
,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,VMT (millions),Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatalities,Hours flown (millions),"Fatality rate per 100,000 hours flown","Actual fatality rate per 100,000 aircraft departures","RSmoothed fatality rate per 100,000 aircraft departures"
1985,"23,212","1,248,981",1.86,"6,689","388,779",1.72,977,"123,504",0.79,"4,564","9,086",50.23,956,28.3,3.38,8.34,1.65
1986,"24,944","1,277,550",1.95,"7,317","416,532",1.76,926,"126,675",0.73,"4,566","9,397",48.59,967,27.1,3.57,0.11,1.56
1987,"25,132","1,328,460",1.89,"8,058","444,392",1.81,852,"133,517",0.64,"4,036","9,506",42.46,838,27.0,3.10,3.05,1.64
1988,"25,808","1,384,047",1.86,"8,306","488,431",1.70,911,"137,985",0.66,"3,662","10,024",36.53,800,27.4,2.92,3.69,1.76
1989,"25,063","1,415,213",1.77,"8,551","522,483",1.64,858,"142,749",0.60,"3,141","10,371",30.29,768,27.9,2.75,3.64,1.86
1990,"24,092","1,427,178",1.69,"8,601","555,659",1.55,705,"146,242",0.48,"3,244","9,557",33.94,770,28.5,2.70,0.48,1.78
1991,"22,385","1,411,655",1.59,"8,391","595,924",1.41,661,"149,543",0.44,"2,806","9,178",30.57,800,27.7,2.89,0.64,1.72
1992,"21,387","1,436,035",1.49,"8,098","642,397",1.26,585,"153,384",0.38,"2,395","9,557",25.06,867,24.8,3.50,0.42,1.65
1993,"21,566","1,445,106",1.49,"8,511","675,353",1.26,605,"159,888",0.38,"2,449","9,906",24.72,744,22.8,3.26,0.01,1.56
1994,"21,997","1,459,208",1.51,"8,904","711,515",1.25,670,"170,216",0.39,"2,320","10,240",22.66,730,22.2,3.28,2.90,1.63
1995,"22,423","1,478,352",1.52,"9,568","749,971",1.28,648,"178,156",0.36,"2,227","9,797",22.73,735,24.9,2.95,1.99,1.65
1996,"22,505","1,499,139",1.50,"9,932","787,255",1.26,621,"182,971",0.34,"2,161","9,920",21.78,636,24.9,2.55,4.62,1.82
1997,"21,199","1,528,399",1.39,"10,249","824,896",1.24,723,"191,477",0.38,"2,116","10,081",20.99,631,25.6,2.47,0.08,1.72
1998,"21,194","1,555,901",1.36,"10,705","861,951",1.24,742,"196,380",0.38,"2,294","10,283",22.31,625,25.5,2.45,0.01,1.63
1999,"20,862","1,566,808",1.33,"11,265","903,314",1.25,759,"202,688",0.37,"2,483","10,584",23.46,619,29.2,2.12,0.11,1.54
2000,"20,699","1,580,735",1.31,"11,526","942,611",1.22,754,"205,520",0.37,"2,897","10,469",27.67,596,27.8,2.14,0.80,1.50
2001,"20,320","1,595,443",1.27,"11,723","976,096",1.20,708,"209,032",0.34,"3,197","9,639",33.17,562,25.4,2.21,4.85,1.69
2002,"20,569","1,611,860",1.28,"12,274","1,012,648",1.21,689,"214,603",0.32,"3,270","9,552",34.23,581,25.5,2.27,0.00,1.59
2003,"19,725","1,612,237",1.22,"12,546","1,043,936",1.20,726,"217,917",0.33,"3,714","9,577",38.78,630,26.0,2.42,0.21,1.52
R2004,"19,192","1,628,266",1.18,"12,674","1,098,807",1.15,766,"220,792",0.35,"4,028","10,122",39.79,559,24.9,2.25,0.13,1.44
R2005,"18,512","1,615,225",1.15,"13,037","1,134,247",1.15,804,"222,523",0.36,"4,576","10,454",43.77,563,23.2,2.43,0.20,1.37
2006,"17,800","1,613,599",1.10,"12,721","1,158,085",1.10,805,"223,037",0.36,"4,810","12,401",38.79,703,24.0,2.93,0.44,1.32
Key: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Notes: Air carrier data were smoothed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. Air carrier fatalities resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks include only those persons onboard aircraft.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Sources: Passenger car occupants, Light-truck occupants, Large-truck occupants, and Motorcycle riders—U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, tables 7-10, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov as of October 2008.  Air carriers and General aviation—National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data— U.S. Air Carrier Operations, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/htm as of April 2008 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, tables 2-9 and 2-14, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of October 2008.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,