Traffic Safety Facts 2004, January 2006

Table 7. Passenger Car Occupants Killed or Injured and Fatality and Injury Rates
per Registered Vehicle and Vehicle Miles of Travel, 1975-2004

Year	Registered Passenger Cars	Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Passenger Car Occupants Killed	Fatality Rate per 100,000 Registered Passenger Cars	Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT	Passenger Car Occupants Injured	Injury Rate per 100,000 Registered Passenger Cars	Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT
1975	94,478,029	1,030,376	25,929	27.44	2.52	*	*	*
1976	97,011,684	1,070,667	26,166	26.97	2.44	*	*	*
1977	98,967,665	1,102,726	26,782	27.06	2.43	*	*	*
1978	101,855,551	1,136,459	28,153	27.64	2.48	*	*	*
1979	103,543,788	1,111,705	27,808	26.86	2.50	*	*	*
1980	104,770,998	1,107,056	27,449	26.20	2.48	*	*	*
1981	106,002,720	1,122,092	26,645	25.14	2.37	*	*	*
1982	106,936,590	1,145,828	23,330	21.82	2.04	*	*	*
1983	109,085,444	1,187,760	22,979	21.07	1.93	*	*	*
1984	112,177,361	1,226,461	23,620	21.06	1.93	*	*	*
1985	116,348,085	1,248,980	23,212	19.95	1.86	*	*	*
1986	117,268,114	1,277,550	24,944	21.27	1.95	*	*	*
1987	119,848,784	1,328,460	25,132	20.97	1.89	*	*	*
1988	121,519,139	1,384,047	25,808	21.24	1.86	2,585,000	2,127	187
1989	122,758,478	1,415,213	25,063	20.42	1.77	2,431,000	1,980	172
1990	123,276,600	1,427,178	24,092	19.54	1.69	2,376,000	1,928	167
1991	123,327,336	1,411,655	22,385	18.15	1.59	2,235,000	1,812	158
1992	120,346,747	1,436,035	21,387	17.77	1.49	2,232,000	1,854	155
1993	121,055,398	1,445,106	21,566	17.81	1.49	2,265,000	1,871	157
1994	121,996,580	1,459,208	21,997	18.03	1.51	2,364,000	1,937	162
1995	123,241,881	1,478,352	22,423	18.19	1.52	2,469,000	2,004	167
1996	124,612,787	1,499,139	22,505	18.06	1.50	2,458,000	1,973	164
1997	124,672,920	1,528,399	22,199	17.81	1.45	2,341,000	1,877	153
1998	125,965,709	1,555,901	21,194	16.83	1.36	2,201,000	1,748	141
1999	126,868,744	1,566,808	20,862	16.44	1.33	2,138,000	1,685	136
2000	127,740,420	1,580,735	20,699	16.20	1.31	2,052,000	1,606	130
2001	128,874,299	1,595,443	20,320	15.77	1.27	1,927,000	1,495	121
2002	130,196,812	1,611,860	20,569	15.80	1.28	1,805,000	1,386	112
2003	131,549,941	1,612,237	19,725	14.99	1.22	1,756,000	1,335	109
2004	133,275,377	1,623,639	19,091	14.32	1.18	1,643,000	1,232	101
*Injury data not available before 1988. Sources: Vehicle Miles Traveled—Federal Highway Administration, revised by NHTSA; Registered Vehicles—R.L. Polk & Co.