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Table
2-18: Motor Vehicle Fatalities,
Vehicle-Miles, and Associated Rates by Highway Functional System
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Fatalities |
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Rural,
total |
29,545 |
24,492 |
25,786 |
23,978 |
24,510 |
24,889 |
24,751 |
25,185 |
23,640 |
23,396 |
25,693 |
25,203 |
24,740 |
23,549 |
23,099 |
22,707 |
Interstate |
2,263 |
2,141 |
2,707 |
2,675 |
2,905 |
3,033 |
3,105 |
3,244 |
3,199 |
3,105 |
3,297 |
3,241 |
3,246 |
3,216 |
2,870 |
2,658 |
Other
arterialsa |
12,268 |
9,940 |
9,893 |
9,947 |
9,458 |
9,821 |
9,594 |
9,573 |
8,913 |
8,692 |
9,358 |
9,823 |
10,061 |
8,968 |
8,768 |
8,758 |
Collectorb |
10,004 |
8,209 |
8,852 |
7,401 |
7,481 |
7,578 |
7,593 |
7,595 |
7,147 |
7,305 |
7,974 |
7,726 |
7,353 |
7,154 |
7,242 |
7,027 |
Local |
5,010 |
4,202 |
4,334 |
3,955 |
4,666 |
4,457 |
4,459 |
4,773 |
4,381 |
4,294 |
5,064 |
4,413 |
4,080 |
4,211 |
4,219 |
4,264 |
Urban,
total |
21,546 |
19,333 |
18,813 |
17,839 |
17,555 |
17,078 |
16,143 |
15,970 |
15,695 |
15,219 |
16,759 |
16,825 |
17,161 |
17,752 |
18,309 |
17,467 |
Interstate |
2,184 |
2,025 |
2,252 |
2,154 |
2,323 |
2,281 |
2,283 |
2,353 |
2,388 |
2,371 |
2,452 |
2,374 |
2,516 |
2,658 |
2,619 |
2,608 |
Other
arterialsa |
12,752 |
12,521 |
11,742 |
10,916 |
10,756 |
10,243 |
9,902 |
9,628 |
9,442 |
8,838 |
9,702 |
9,827 |
10,003 |
10,413 |
10,672 |
9,876 |
Collector |
2,226 |
1,696 |
1,427 |
1,441 |
1,290 |
1,399 |
1,037 |
1,031 |
987 |
1,007 |
1,136 |
1,197 |
1,339 |
1,361 |
1,478 |
1,437 |
Local |
4,384 |
3,091 |
3,392 |
3,328 |
3,186 |
3,155 |
2,921 |
2,958 |
2,878 |
3,003 |
3,469 |
3,427 |
3,303 |
3,320 |
3,540 |
3,546 |
Vehicle-miles
of travel (VMT) (millions) |
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Rural,
total |
672,030 |
730,728 |
868,878 |
933,289 |
960,194 |
999,277 |
1,032,528 |
1,062,623 |
1,084,961 |
1,105,083 |
1,128,160 |
1,085,385 |
1,070,248 |
1,037,937 |
1,037,069 |
1,035,303 |
Interstate |
135,084 |
154,357 |
200,173 |
223,382 |
232,565 |
240,255 |
251,520 |
260,166 |
268,960 |
274,024 |
279,962 |
269,945 |
266,996 |
258,790 |
257,913 |
256,438 |
Other
arterialsa |
262,774 |
282,803 |
330,866 |
368,595 |
378,847 |
392,057 |
403,484 |
413,320 |
420,569 |
426,945 |
433,805 |
416,596 |
409,944 |
398,932 |
394,499 |
393,465 |
Collectorb |
189,468 |
206,669 |
240,460 |
236,148 |
241,030 |
254,100 |
257,868 |
264,453 |
267,521 |
270,962 |
275,007 |
263,662 |
260,931 |
251,587 |
251,375 |
251,514 |
Local |
84,704 |
86,899 |
97,379 |
105,164 |
107,752 |
112,865 |
119,656 |
124,684 |
127,911 |
133,152 |
139,386 |
135,182 |
132,377 |
128,628 |
133,282 |
133,886 |
Urban,
total |
855,265 |
1,044,098 |
1,275,484 |
1,489,534 |
1,523,886 |
1,552,956 |
1,595,620 |
1,627,618 |
1,664,842 |
1,676,379 |
1,727,596 |
1,805,508 |
1,892,265 |
1,951,870 |
1,977,047 |
1,994,519 |
Interstate |
161,242 |
216,188 |
278,901 |
341,528 |
351,579 |
361,433 |
374,622 |
383,259 |
393,580 |
399,890 |
408,618 |
432,633 |
454,385 |
469,070 |
477,283 |
483,315 |
Other
arterialsa |
484,189 |
578,270 |
699,233 |
815,170 |
834,623 |
846,627 |
862,996 |
878,153 |
900,161 |
913,726 |
937,357 |
973,936 |
1,020,089 |
1,048,219 |
1,060,098 |
1,068,130 |
Collector |
83,043 |
89,578 |
106,297 |
126,929 |
129,310 |
130,146 |
131,905 |
131,603 |
135,371 |
137,922 |
141,874 |
153,751 |
162,108 |
168,038 |
173,210 |
174,661 |
Local |
126,791 |
160,062 |
191,053 |
205,907 |
208,374 |
214,750 |
226,097 |
234,603 |
235,730 |
224,841 |
239,747 |
245,188 |
255,683 |
266,543 |
266,456 |
268,413 |
Fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles |
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Rural,
total |
4.40 |
3.35 |
2.97 |
2.57 |
2.55 |
2.49 |
2.40 |
2.37 |
2.18 |
2.12 |
2.28 |
2.32 |
2.31 |
2.27 |
2.23 |
2.19 |
Interstate |
1.68 |
1.39 |
1.35 |
1.20 |
1.25 |
1.26 |
1.23 |
1.25 |
1.19 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
1.20 |
1.22 |
1.24 |
1.11 |
1.04 |
Other
arterialsa |
4.67 |
3.51 |
2.99 |
2.70 |
2.50 |
2.50 |
2.38 |
2.32 |
2.12 |
2.04 |
2.16 |
2.36 |
2.45 |
2.25 |
2.22 |
2.23 |
Collectorb |
5.28 |
3.97 |
3.68 |
3.13 |
3.10 |
2.98 |
2.94 |
2.87 |
2.67 |
2.70 |
2.90 |
2.93 |
2.82 |
2.84 |
2.88 |
2.79 |
Local |
5.91 |
4.84 |
4.45 |
3.76 |
4.33 |
3.95 |
3.73 |
3.83 |
3.43 |
3.22 |
3.63 |
3.26 |
3.08 |
3.27 |
3.17 |
3.18 |
Urban,
total |
2.52 |
1.85 |
1.47 |
1.20 |
1.15 |
1.10 |
1.01 |
0.98 |
0.94 |
0.91 |
0.97 |
0.93 |
0.91 |
0.91 |
0.93 |
0.88 |
Interstate |
1.35 |
0.94 |
0.81 |
0.63 |
0.66 |
0.63 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
0.59 |
0.60 |
0.55 |
0.55 |
0.57 |
0.55 |
0.54 |
Other
arterialsa |
2.63 |
2.17 |
1.68 |
1.34 |
1.29 |
1.21 |
1.15 |
1.10 |
1.05 |
0.97 |
1.04 |
1.01 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
1.01 |
0.92 |
Collector |
2.68 |
1.89 |
1.34 |
1.14 |
1.00 |
1.07 |
0.79 |
0.78 |
0.73 |
0.73 |
0.80 |
0.78 |
0.83 |
0.81 |
0.85 |
0.82 |
Local |
3.46 |
1.93 |
1.78 |
1.62 |
1.53 |
1.47 |
1.29 |
1.26 |
1.22 |
1.34 |
1.45 |
1.40 |
1.29 |
1.25 |
1.33 |
1.32 |
a Urban other arterials is the sum of other
freeways and expressways, other principal arterials, and minor arterials.
Rural other arterials is the sum of other principal arterials and minor
arterials.
b Rural collector is the sum of major and
minor collectors.
NOTES:
Includes the 50
states and the District of Columbia.
Fatality
numbers reflect original numbers received by FHWA from NHTSA. Thus, the
fatality numbers in this table could be slightly different from the revised
NHTSA numbers that appear in other tables in this volume.
SOURCES:
Fatalities:
1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table FI-220, available at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of March 2009.
1996-97: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table FI-1, available at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of March 2009.
1998-2007: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table FI-20, available at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of March 2009.
Vehicle miles:
1980-95: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-202, available at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of March 2009.
1996-2007: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-2, available at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of March 2009.
Fatality rates:
Calculated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research
and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
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