Figure 1,,,,,
Fatality Rates for Selected Modes,,,,,

,Passenger car occupants,Light truck occupants,Large truck occupants,Motorcycle riders,General aviation
Year,Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatality Rate per 100 million VMT,Fatality rate Per 100 million VMT,Fatality Rate Per 100 million VMT,"Fatality Rate Per 100,000 hours flown"
1975,2.52,2.38,1.18,56.65,4.35
1976,2.44,2.33,1.32,55.17,3.99
1977,2.43,2.32,1.35,64.64,4.04
1978,2.48,2.33,1.32,63.94,4.46
1979,2.5,2.44,1.31,56.66,3.16
1980,2.48,2.53,1.16,50.36,3.4
1981,2.37,2.3,1.04,45.89,3.48
1982,2.04,1.97,0.85,44.93,4.01
1983,1.93,1.85,0.85,48.69,3.72
1984,1.93,1.81,0.88,52.46,3.58
1985,1.86,1.72,0.79,50.23,3.38
1986,1.95,1.76,0.73,48.59,3.57
1987,1.89,1.81,0.64,42.46,3.1
1988,1.86,1.7,0.66,36.53,2.92
1989,1.77,1.64,0.60,30.29,2.75
1990,1.69,1.55,0.48,33.94,2.69
1991,1.59,1.41,0.44,30.57,2.84
1992,1.49,1.26,0.38,25.06,3.46
1993,1.49,1.26,0.38,24.72,3.23
1994,1.51,1.25,0.39,22.66,3.28
1995,1.52,1.28,0.36,22.73,2.95
1996,1.5,1.26,0.34,21.78,2.54
1997,1.45,1.24,0.38,20.99,2.53
1998,1.37,1.23,0.38,22.36,2.32
1999,1.33,1.25,0.37,23.36,2.32

"1 For air carriers, the data were dampened, or smoothed, to reduce the month-to-month fluctuations. This dampening was performed ",,,,,
"using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.95. Departure data, and hence the denominator of the rates, are not strictly "
comparable between pre- and post-1977 eras.

"SOURCE: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation "
"Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001)."