Table 22. Occupants of Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Killed and Injured,
by Restraint Use, 1975-2003

Year

Restraint Used

Restraint Not Used

Restraint Use Unknown

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Occupants Killed

1975

     986

  3.2

21,076

68.5

8,723

28.3

30,785

100.0

1976

     796

  2.5

21,979

69.5

8,829

27.9

31,604

100.0

1977

     778

  2.4

23,593

72.0

8,387

25.6

32,758

100.0

1978

     784

  2.2

26,671

76.4

7,443

21.3

34,898

100.0

1979

     683

  2.0

27,130

77.5

7,173

20.5

34,986

100.0

1980

     671

  1.9

27,483

78.7

6,781

19.4

34,935

100.0

1981

     649

  1.9

26,974

80.0

6,103

18.1

33,726

100.0

1982

     679

  2.3

23,558

79.3

5,452

18.4

29,689

100.0

1983

     827

  2.8

23,080

79.1

5,274

18.1

29,181

100.0

1984

  1,208

  4.0

23,299

77.4

5,609

18.6

30,116

100.0

1985

  2,391

  8.0

22,131

74.0

5,379

18.0

29,901

100.0

1986

  4,074

12.6

23,420

72.6

4,767

14.8

32,261

100.0

1987

  5,249

15.8

23,799

71.7

4,142

12.5

33,190

100.0

1988

  6,210

18.2

24,359

71.4

3,545

10.4

34,114

100.0

1989

  6,546

19.5

23,613

70.2

3,455

10.3

33,614

100.0

1990

  6,775

20.7

22,547

69.0

3,371

10.3

32,693

100.0

1991

  7,332

23.8

20,488

66.6

2,956

  9.6

30,776

100.0

1992

  7,699

26.1

19,053

64.6

2,733

  9.3

29,485

100.0

1993

  8,679

28.9

18,553

61.7

2,845

  9.5

30,077

100.0

1994

  9,642

31.2

18,636

60.3

2,623

  8.5

30,901

100.0

1995

10,159

31.8

19,123

59.8

2,709

  8.5

31,991

100.0

1996

10,716

33.0

18,848

58.1

2,873

  8.9

32,437

100.0

1997

10,995

33.9

18,642

57.5

2,811

  8.7

32,448

100.0

1998

11,213

35.2

18,022

56.5

2,664

  8.4

31,899

100.0

1999

11,174

34.8

18,316

57.0

2,637

  8.2

32,127

100.0

2000

11,787

36.6

17,810

55.3

2,628

  8.2

32,225

100.0

2001

11,946

37.3

17,517

54.7

2,580

  8.1

32,043

100.0

2002

12,533

38.2

17,797

54.2

2,513

  7.7

32,843

100.0

2003

12,787

40.1

16,594

52.0

2,523

  7.9

31,904

100.0

Occupants Injured

1988

1,752,000

57.2

912,000

29.8

399,000

13.0

3,063,000

100.0

1989

1,720,000

58.5

863,000

29.4

359,000

12.2

2,942,000

100.0

1990

1,737,000

60.3

820,000

28.4

325,000

11.3

2,882,000

100.0

1991

1,785,000

63.8

725,000

25.9

287,000

10.3

2,797,000

100.0

1992

1,854,000

66.8

622,000

22.4

300,000

10.8

2,776,000

100.0

1993

1,983,000

69.2

589,000

20.6

294,000

10.2

2,866,000

100.0

1994

2,208,000

73.7

564,000

18.8

223,000

  7.4

2,995,000

100.0

1995

2,415,000

75.7

549,000

17.2

227,000

  7.1

3,192,000

100.0

1996

2,468,000

76.7

520,000

16.1

231,000

  7.2

3,220,000

100.0

1997

2,369,000

76.5

475,000

15.3

251,000

  8.1

3,095,000

100.0

1998

2,297,000

77.5

437,000

14.7

230,000

  7.8

2,964,000

100.0

1999

2,328,000

78.0

420,000

14.1

237,000

  7.9

2,984,000

100.0

2000

2,369,000

80.6

369,000

12.6

200,000

  6.8

2,938,000

100.0

2001

2,249,000

80.7

324,000

11.6

214,000

  7.7

2,787,000

100.0

2002

2,195,000

81.8

284,000

10.6

205,000

  7.7

2,684,000

100.0

2003

2,204,000

83.3

248,000

  9.4

193,000

  7.3

2,646,000

100.0

Note: Restraint use is determined by police and may be overreported for survivors.