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Table 2-19: Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities

	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	(R) 2009	(P) 2010
Total traffic fatalities^a	44,525	51,091	43,825	44,599	41,508	39,250	40,150	40,716	41,817	42,065	42,013	41,501	41,717	41,945	42,196	43,005	42,884	42,836	43,510	42,708	41,259	37,423	33,883	32,885
Occupant fatalities (by vehicle type)	35,925	41,927	36,043	37,134	34,740	32,880	33,574	34,318	35,291	35,695	35,725	35,382	35,875	36,348	36,440	37,375	37,341	37,304	37,646	36,956	35,701	32,103	28,995	27,805
Passenger car, total	25,929	27,449	23,212	24,092	22,385	21,387	21,566	21,997	22,423	22,505	22,199	21,194	20,862	20,699	20,320	20,569	19,725	19,192	18,512	17,925	16,614	14,646	13,135	12,435
Subcompact^b	(R) 3,675	(R) 7,124	(R) 7,851	8,309	7,694	7,028	6,968	7,060	6,791	6,618	(R) 6,220	(R) 5,514	(R) 4,887	(R) 4,773	(R) 4,458	(R) 4,248	(R) 3,717	(R) 3,317	(R) 2,988	(R) 2,644	(R) 2,278	(R) 1,937	1,550	1,423
Compact^c	614	927	2,635	5,310	5,338	5,354	5,707	6,322	6,899	7,288	(R) 7,195	(R) 6,804	(R) 6,942	(R) 7,022	(R) 6,731	(R) 7,061	(R) 6,769	(R) 6,650	(R) 6,288	(R) 6,105	(R) 5,538	(R) 4,780	4,147	3,954
Intermediate^d	1,869	3,878	4,391	4,849	4,681	4,418	4,483	4,407	4,666	4,670	(R) 4,794	(R) 4,617	(R) 4,721	(R) 5,204	(R) 5,402	(R) 5,514	(R) 5,583	(R) 5,667	(R) 5,571	(R) 5,461	(R) 5,243	(R) 4,763	4,406	4,227
Full^e	10,800	11,577	6,586	4,635	4,040	3,796	3,675	3,560	3,413	3,417	(R) 3,481	(R) 3,106	(R) 2,887	(R) 3,184	(R) 3,208	(R) 3,262	(R) 3,233	(R) 3,161	(R) 3,287	(R) 3,293	(R) 3,190	(R) 2,965	2,858	2,663
Unknown	(R) 8,971	(R) 3,943	(R) 1,749	989	632	791	733	648	654	512	(R) 509	(R) 1,153	(R) 1,425	(R) 516	(R) 521	(R) 484	(R) 423	(R) 397	(R) 378	(R) 422	(R) 365	(R) 201	174	168
Truck^f, total	5,817	8,748	7,666	9,306	9,052	8,683	9,116	9,574	10,216	10,553	10,972	11,447	12,024	12,280	12,431	12,963	13,272	13,440	13,841	13,566	13,263	11,498	10,811	10,281
Light	4,856	7,486	6,689	8,601	8,391	8,098	8,511	8,904	9,568	9,932	10,249	10,705	11,265	11,526	11,723	12,274	12,546	12,674	13,037	12,761	12,458	10,816	10,312	9,752
Large	961	1,262	977	705	661	585	605	670	648	621	723	742	759	754	708	689	726	766	804	805	805	682	499	529
Other vehicles, total	4,179	5,730	5,165	3,736	3,303	2,810	2,892	2,747	2,652	2,637	2,554	2,741	2,989	3,369	3,689	3,843	4,344	4,672	5,293	5,465	5,824	5,959	5,049	5,089
Motorcycle	3,189	5,144	4,564	3,244	2,806	2,395	2,449	2,320	2,227	2,161	2,116	2,294	2,483	2,897	3,197	3,270	3,714	4,028	4,576	4,837	5,174	5,312	4,469	4,502
Bus	53	46	57	32	31	28	18	18	33	21	18	38	59	22	34	45	41	42	58	27	36	67	26	44
Other / unknown vehicle type	937	540	544	460	466	387	425	409	392	455	420	409	447	450	458	528	589	602	659	601	614	580	554	543
Nonoccupant fatalities, total	8,600	9,164	7,782	7,465	6,768	6,370	6,576	6,398	6,526	6,368	6,288	6,119	5,842	5,597	5,756	5,630	5,543	5,532	5,864	5,752	5,558	5,320	4,888	5,080
Pedestrian	7,516	8,070	6,808	6,482	5,801	5,549	5,649	5,489	5,584	5,449	5,321	5,228	4,939	4,763	4,901	4,851	4,774	4,675	4,892	4,795	4,699	4,414	4,109	4,280
Pedalcyclist	1,003	965	890	859	843	723	816	802	833	765	814	760	754	693	732	665	629	727	786	772	701	718	628	618
Other	81	129	84	124	124	98	111	107	109	154	153	131	149	141	123	114	140	130	186	185	158	188	151	182

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.

^a 1996 includes two fatalities that could not be assigned to a category below.

^b Includes minicompact cars (wheelbase under 95 inches) and subcompact cars (wheelbase between 95 and 99 inches).

^cIncludes cars with a wheelbase of between 100 and 104 inches.

^d Includes cars with a wheelbase of between 105 and 109 inches.

^e Includes cars with a wheelbase of 110 inches or greater.

^f Large trucks - trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors. Light trucks - trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles.

NOTES

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Total Passenger car fatalities for 2004 and later years do not equal the sum of its components due to unrevised components.

SOURCES

All categories except passenger car fatalities by vehicle type:

1975-2008: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts Early Edition 2009 (Washington, DC: 2010), table 4, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Jan. 28, 2011.

2009-10: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, personal communications, Jun. 7, 2012

Passenger car fatalities by vehicle type:

1975-96: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, personal communications, Dec. 18, 2003, Nov. 17, 2004, and Mar. 15, 2005.

1997-2004: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts, Research Note: Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatality Rates by Type and Size of Vehicle (Washington, DC: 2009), table 4, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Feb. 19, 2010.

2005-08: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts Annual Report (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 76 and similar tables in previous editions, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Jan. 28, 2011.

2009-10: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, personal communications, Jun. 7, 2012