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Table 1
Fatal Crashes by Speed Limits and Type of Road: 2000
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| 30 mph or less |
1 |
35 |
926 |
3 |
540 |
2,249 |
110 |
3,864 |
| 35 or 40 mph |
9 |
147 |
1,738 |
42 |
1,664 |
2,602 |
158 |
6,360 |
| 45 or 50 mph |
33 |
526 |
2,831 |
105 |
1,700 |
1,325 |
153 |
6,673 |
| 55 mph |
174 |
1,893 |
7,538 |
594 |
1,002 |
535 |
407 |
12,143 |
| 60 mph or higher |
2,526 |
1,571 |
1,709 |
1,399 |
849 |
202 |
73 |
8,329 |
| No posted limit |
1 |
1 |
139 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
157 |
| Total |
2,744 |
4,173 |
14,881 |
2,144 |
5,757 |
6,925 |
902 |
37,526 |
1 “Unknown” includes fatal accidents for which road type or speed
limit was unknown or not recorded in the accident report. In FARS, those data
are reported separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available
at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/,
as of April 2002.
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