Table 3. Vehicles Involved in Crashes and Involvement Rates per Vehicle Miles
of Travel
and per Registered Vehicle by Vehicle Type and Crash Severity,
1975-2004
|
Year |
Vehicle Type | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Passenger Cars |
Light Trucks |
Large Trucks |
Motorcycles | |||||||||
|
Number |
Involvement Rate per 100 Million VMT |
Involvement Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles |
Number |
Involvement Rate per 100 Million VMT |
Involvement Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles |
Number |
Involvement Rate per 100 Million VMT |
Involvement Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles |
Number |
Involvement Rate per 100 Million VMT |
Involvement Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles | |
|
Fatal Crashes | ||||||||||||
|
1975 |
37,897 |
3.68 |
40.11 |
8,636 |
4.23 |
41.35 |
3,977 |
4.89 |
74.16 |
3,265 |
58.00 |
65.77 |
|
1980 |
39,059 |
3.53 |
37.28 |
12,680 |
4.29 |
42.18 |
5,379 |
4.96 |
92.89 |
5,194 |
50.85 |
91.22 |
|
1981 |
38,864 |
3.46 |
36.66 |
12,331 |
4.01 |
39.48 |
5,230 |
4.81 |
91.49 |
4,963 |
46.43 |
85.11 |
|
1982 |
34,334 |
3.00 |
32.11 |
11,317 |
3.51 |
35.03 |
4,646 |
4.17 |
83.11 |
4,495 |
45.36 |
78.12 |
|
1983 |
33,298 |
2.80 |
30.52 |
11,118 |
3.32 |
33.62 |
4,877 |
4.20 |
88.54 |
4,302 |
49.11 |
77.03 |
|
1984 |
34,648 |
2.83 |
30.89 |
11,973 |
3.34 |
33.96 |
5,124 |
4.21 |
94.87 |
4,659 |
53.04 |
85.02 |
|
1985 |
34,277 |
2.74 |
29.46 |
12,464 |
3.21 |
33.09 |
5,153 |
4.17 |
85.94 |
4,608 |
50.72 |
84.64 |
|
1986 |
36,195 |
2.83 |
30.87 |
13,327 |
3.20 |
33.52 |
5,097 |
4.02 |
89.09 |
4,570 |
48.63 |
87.90 |
|
1987 |
36,580 |
2.75 |
30.52 |
14,514 |
3.27 |
34.81 |
5,108 |
3.83 |
89.33 |
4,067 |
42.78 |
83.24 |
|
1988 |
36,977 |
2.67 |
30.43 |
15,286 |
3.13 |
34.27 |
5,241 |
3.80 |
85.40 |
3,715 |
37.06 |
81.04 |
|
1989 |
35,410 |
2.50 |
28.85 |
15,700 |
3.00 |
33.31 |
4,984 |
3.49 |
80.05 |
3,192 |
30.78 |
72.21 |
|
1990 |
34,085 |
2.39 |
27.65 |
15,620 |
2.81 |
31.29 |
4,776 |
3.27 |
77.08 |
3,276 |
34.28 |
76.91 |
|
1991 |
31,291 |
2.22 |
25.37 |
14,832 |
2.49 |
28.49 |
4,347 |
2.91 |
70.43 |
2,829 |
30.82 |
67.72 |
|
1992 |
29,817 |
2.08 |
24.78 |
14,648 |
2.28 |
27.21 |
4,035 |
2.63 |
66.75 |
2,439 |
25.52 |
60.00 |
|
1993 |
30,233 |
2.09 |
24.97 |
15,332 |
2.27 |
27.10 |
4,328 |
2.71 |
71.09 |
2,477 |
25.01 |
62.27 |
|
1994 |
30,273 |
2.07 |
24.81 |
16,353 |
2.30 |
27.49 |
4,644 |
2.73 |
70.49 |
2,339 |
22.84 |
62.26 |
|
1995 |
30,940 |
2.09 |
25.11 |
17,587 |
2.35 |
28.13 |
4,472 |
2.51 |
66.55 |
2,268 |
23.15 |
58.20 |
|
1996 |
30,727 |
2.05 |
24.66 |
18,246 |
2.32 |
27.88 |
4,755 |
2.60 |
67.81 |
2,176 |
21.94 |
56.20 |
|
1997 |
30,059 |
1.97 |
24.11 |
18,628 |
2.26 |
27.68 |
4,917 |
2.57 |
69.42 |
2,160 |
21.43 |
56.45 |
|
1998 |
29,040 |
1.87 |
23.05 |
19,363 |
2.25 |
27.75 |
4,955 |
2.52 |
64.08 |
2,334 |
22.70 |
60.16 |
|
1999 |
28,027 |
1.79 |
22.09 |
19,959 |
2.21 |
27.29 |
4,920 |
2.43 |
63.15 |
2,532 |
23.92 |
60.98 |
|
2000 |
27,802 |
1.76 |
21.76 |
20,498 |
2.17 |
26.91 |
4,995 |
2.43 |
62.26 |
2,975 |
28.42 |
68.45 |
|
2001 |
27,586 |
1.73 |
21.41 |
20,831 |
2.13 |
26.42 |
4,823 |
2.31 |
61.38 |
3,265 |
33.87 |
66.59 |
|
2002 |
27,374 |
1.70 |
21.03 |
21,668 |
2.14 |
26.49 |
4,587 |
2.14 |
57.86 |
3,365 |
35.23 |
67.24 |
|
2003 |
26,562 |
1.65 |
20.19 |
22,299 |
2.14 |
26.18 |
4,721 |
2.17 |
60.86 |
3,802 |
39.70 |
70.80 |
|
2004 |
25,507 |
1.57 |
19.14 |
22,337 |
2.04 |
24.84 |
4,862 |
2.15 |
59.50 |
4,100 |
40.80 |
70.92 |
|
Injury Crashes | ||||||||||||
|
1988 |
3,073,000 |
222 |
2,529 |
683,000 |
140 |
1,530 |
96,000 |
69 |
1,562 |
98,000 |
974 |
2,129 |
|
1989 |
2,892,000 |
204 |
2,355 |
727,000 |
139 |
1,543 |
110,000 |
77 |
1,770 |
76,000 |
732 |
1,717 |
|
1990 |
2,838,000 |
199 |
2,302 |
729,000 |
131 |
1,460 |
107,000 |
73 |
1,730 |
82,000 |
854 |
1,916 |
|
1991 |
2,615,000 |
185 |
2,120 |
789,000 |
132 |
1,515 |
78,000 |
52 |
1,264 |
79,000 |
856 |
1,882 |
|
1992 |
2,640,000 |
184 |
2,194 |
758,000 |
118 |
1,409 |
95,000 |
62 |
1,567 |
61,000 |
642 |
1,509 |
|
1993 |
2,631,000 |
182 |
2,174 |
843,000 |
125 |
1,490 |
97,000 |
60 |
1,585 |
56,000 |
565 |
1,407 |
|
1994 |
2,785,000 |
191 |
2,283 |
912,000 |
128 |
1,533 |
96,000 |
56 |
1,452 |
54,000 |
526 |
1,433 |
|
1995 |
2,914,000 |
197 |
2,365 |
1,024,000 |
137 |
1,638 |
84,000 |
47 |
1,244 |
52,000 |
530 |
1,331 |
|
1996 |
2,884,000 |
192 |
2,314 |
1,071,000 |
136 |
1,636 |
94,000 |
51 |
1,339 |
51,000 |
512 |
1,312 |
|
1997 |
2,736,000 |
179 |
2,195 |
1,064,000 |
129 |
1,582 |
96,000 |
50 |
1,349 |
51,000 |
501 |
1,321 |
|
1998 |
2,545,000 |
164 |
2,020 |
1,059,000 |
123 |
1,517 |
89,000 |
45 |
1,146 |
45,000 |
433 |
1,148 |
|
1999 |
2,438,000 |
156 |
1,921 |
1,165,000 |
129 |
1,593 |
101,000 |
50 |
1,292 |
46,000 |
436 |
1,111 |
|
2000 |
2,396,000 |
152 |
1,876 |
1,209,000 |
128 |
1,587 |
101,000 |
49 |
1,253 |
53,000 |
509 |
1,226 |
|
2001 |
2,279,000 |
143 |
1,768 |
1,218,000 |
125 |
1,545 |
90,000 |
43 |
1,143 |
57,000 |
587 |
1,155 |
|
2002 |
2,136,000 |
133 |
1,641 |
1,210,000 |
119 |
1,479 |
94,000 |
44 |
1,189 |
58,000 |
612 |
1,167 |
|
2003 |
2,129,000 |
132 |
1,619 |
1,233,000 |
118 |
1,447 |
89,000 |
41 |
1,145 |
64,000 |
665 |
1,185 |
|
2004 |
1,990,000 |
123 |
1,493 |
1,246,000 |
114 |
1,385 |
87,000 |
38 |
1,062 |
70,000 |
699 |
1,215 |
|
Property-Damage-Only Crashes | ||||||||||||
|
1988 |
6,050,000 |
437 |
4,979 |
1,542,000 |
316 |
3,458 |
297,000 |
215 |
4,839 |
21,000 |
207 |
453 |
|
1989 |
5,678,000 |
401 |
4,625 |
1,613,000 |
309 |
3,421 |
300,000 |
210 |
4,825 |
20,000 |
188 |
441 |
|
1990 |
5,485,000 |
384 |
4,450 |
1,654,000 |
298 |
3,314 |
273,000 |
187 |
4,411 |
20,000 |
208 |
467 |
|
1991 |
5,084,000 |
360 |
4,122 |
1,675,000 |
281 |
3,217 |
248,000 |
166 |
4,022 |
25,000 |
268 |
589 |
|
1992 |
4,852,000 |
338 |
4,031 |
1,704,000 |
265 |
3,165 |
277,000 |
181 |
4,586 |
10,000 |
100 |
236 |
|
1993 |
4,789,000 |
331 |
3,956 |
1,884,000 |
279 |
3,331 |
296,000 |
185 |
4,861 |
17,000 |
169 |
420 |
|
1994 |
5,126,000 |
351 |
4,202 |
2,023,000 |
284 |
3,401 |
360,000 |
212 |
5,467 |
13,000 |
128 |
349 |
|
1995 |
5,335,000 |
361 |
4,329 |
2,149,000 |
287 |
3,437 |
289,000 |
162 |
4,307 |
13,000 |
131 |
329 |
|
1996 |
5,281,000 |
352 |
4,238 |
2,274,000 |
289 |
3,475 |
295,000 |
161 |
4,209 |
14,000 |
138 |
355 |
|
1997 |
5,116,000 |
335 |
4,104 |
2,314,000 |
281 |
3,439 |
337,000 |
176 |
4,761 |
10,000 |
102 |
268 |
|
1998 |
4,896,000 |
315 |
3,887 |
2,315,000 |
269 |
3,317 |
318,000 |
162 |
4,114 |
9,000 |
84 |
222 |
|
1999 |
4,469,000 |
285 |
3,523 |
2,491,000 |
276 |
3,406 |
369,000 |
182 |
4,739 |
10,000 |
96 |
246 |
|
2000 |
4,467,000 |
283 |
3,497 |
2,621,000 |
278 |
3,441 |
351,000 |
171 |
4,377 |
14,000 |
133 |
321 |
|
2001 |
4,399,000 |
276 |
3,413 |
2,679,000 |
275 |
3,398 |
335,000 |
160 |
4,261 |
14,000 |
150 |
295 |
|
2002 |
4,443,000 |
276 |
3,412 |
2,757,000 |
272 |
3,370 |
336,000 |
156 |
4,232 |
17,000 |
173 |
330 |
|
2003 |
4,356,000 |
270 |
3,311 |
2,804,000 |
269 |
3,292 |
363,000 |
167 |
4,681 |
14,000 |
142 |
253 |
|
2004 |
4,216,000 |
260 |
3,164 |
2,886,000 |
263 |
3,208 |
324,000 |
143 |
3,970 |
13,000 |
133 |
231 |
Sources: Vehicle Miles TraveledFederal Highway Administration, revised
by NHTSA; Registered Passenger Cars and Light TrucksR.L. Polk & Co; Registered
Large Trucks and MotorcyclesFederal Highway Administration.
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