Table 2-20: Occupant and Nonmotorist Fatalities in Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement (AI),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1985,,1990,,1991,,1992,,1993,,1994,,1995,,1996,,1997,,1998,,1999,,2000,,2001,,2002, ,Fatal , AI ,Fatal , AI ,Fatal , AI ,Fatal ,AI ,Fatal , AI ,Fatal , AI ,Fatal, AI ,Fatal, AI ,Fatal,AI ,Fatal,AI ,Fatal, AI ,Fatal,AI ,Fatal,AI ,Fatal,AI TOTAL fatalities,"43,825","23,167","44,599","22,587","41,508","20,159","39,250","18,290","40,150","17,908","40,716","17,308","41,817","17,732","42,065","17,749","42,013","16,711","41,501","16,673","41,717","16,572","41,945","17,380","R42,196","R17,400","42,815","17,419" Percent of total fatalities,,53%,,51%,,49%,,47%,,45%,,43%,,42%,,42%,,40%,,40%,,40%,,41%,,R41%,,41% "Motorist fatalities, total","36,043","19,271","37,134","18,953","34,740","16,917","32,880","15,301","33,574","14,857","34,318","14,437","35,291","14,796","35,695","14,830","35,725","14,051","35,382","13,896","35,875","13,958","36,348","14,834","R36,440","R14,708","37,232","14,862" Single-vehicle crashes,"17,130","10,882","18,159","11,162","17,280","10,208","15,958","9,045","15,932","8,761","15,997","8,330","16,732","8,868","16,723","8,781","16,529","8,244","16,666","8,417","17,075","8,516","17,471","8,964","R17,753","R8,973","18,564","9,170" Two-vehicle crashes,"16,467","7,296","16,262","6,676","15,025","5,821","14,449","5,341","15,161","5,205","15,664","5,219","15,744","5,017","15,935","5,084","16,218","4,904","15,742","4,638","15,726","4,562","15,758","4,854","R15,618","R4,739","15,541","4,716" More than two-vehicle crashes,"2,446","1,093","2,713","1,115","2,435",888,"2,473",916,"2,481",891,"2,657",888,"2,815",911,"3,037",965,"2,978",904,"2,974",841,"3,074",880,"3,119","1,016","R3,069",R996,"3,127",976 "Nonmotorist fatalities, total","7,782","3,897","7,465","3,636","6,768","3,241","6,370","2,989","6,576","3,051","6,398","2,871","6,526","2,936","6,368","2,919","6,288","2,660","6,119","2,777","5,842","2,613","5,597","2,546","R5,756","R2,693","5,583","2,559" "Pedestrians fatalities, total","6,808","3,575","6,482","3,264","5,801","2,891","5,549","2,721","5,649","2,735","5,489","2,578","5,584","2,607","5,449","2,593","5,321","2,350","5,228","2,463","4,939","2,314","4,763","2,254","R4,901","R2,371","4,808","2,278" "Pedestrians, single-vehicle crashes","6,342","3,278","5,990","2,966","5,302","2,588","5,099","2,454","5,180","2,464","5,027","2,308","5,110","2,364","5,024","2,358","4,876","2,112","4,801","2,228","4,516","2,074","4,340","2,015","R4,480","R2,123","4,404","2,054" "Pedestrians, multiple-vehicle crashes",466,297,492,298,499,303,450,267,469,271,462,270,474,243,425,235,445,239,427,235,423,240,423,239,421,R248,404,224 "Pedalcyclists fatalities, total",890,284,859,315,843,305,723,228,816,279,802,262,833,290,765,265,814,252,760,268,754,270,693,246,R732,R283,662,244 "Pedalcyclists, single-vehicle crashes",864,271,832,301,815,296,690,211,792,264,781,252,807,279,739,253,788,244,736,259,718,253,668,236,R709,R271,625,230 "Pedalcyclists, multiple-vehicle crashes",26,13,27,14,28,9,33,17,24,15,21,10,26,11,26,12,26,8,24,9,36,17,25,10,23,12,37,14 Others / unknown,84,38,124,57,124,45,98,39,111,37,107,31,109,39,154,61,153,58,131,47,149,29,141,46,R123,39,113,37 KEY: AI = Alcohol involvement; Fatal = fatalities; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NOTES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Alcohol involvement pertains to any driver, pedestrian, or pedalcyclist involved in the accident. Alcohol results are determined from positive blood alcohol concentration tests and police-reported alcohol involvement and are adjusted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "In 2001, NHTSA adopted a new method to estimate missing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test result data. This new method, multiple imputation, is being used by NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) to improve the scope of alcohol involvement statistics by the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). As a result of the methodology change, alcohol involvement fatalities have undergone a complete revision.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Total fatalities may not equal the sum of the categories in each column because NCSA generates a separate estimate for each category of fatalities, including total fatalities.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Database, personal communication, Oct. 17, 2003.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,