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In 2001, 38% of all passenger car and light truck fatal crashes were single-vehicle crashes. Because there
are so many passenger cars on the roads compared to the other vehicle types, total passenger car crashes
are half of total crashes. Most crashes are multiple-vehicle crashes with property damage only.
Vehicle type
Table 4.30
Crashes by Crash Severity, Crash Type, and Vehicle Type, 2001
Singlevehicle
crash
Fatal Injury Property damage only
Multiplevehicle
crash
Singlevehicle
crash
Multiplevehicle
crash
Singlevehicle
crash
a Trucks 10,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, and utility vehicles.
b Trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating including single-unit trucks and truck tractors.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003
Multiplevehicle
crash
Total
crashes
Passenger cars 10,314 17,115 344,000 1,935,000 725,000 3,674,000 6,705,429
Light trucks a
8,114 12,608 201,000 1,017,000 473,000 2,206,000 3,917,722
Large trucks b 810 3,983 14,000 76,000 81,000 253,000 428,793
Buses 100 192 1,000 11,000 8,000 35,000 55,292
Motorcycles 1,454 1,795 26,000 31,000 7,000 8,000 75,249
Total 20,792 35,693 586,000 3,070,000 1,294,000 6,176,000 11,182,485
Share 0.2% 0.3% 5.2% 27.5% 11.6% 55.2% 100%
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2001,
Washington, DC, December 2002, pp. 72, 74, 76, 80, 82.
(Additional resources: www.nhtsa.dot.gov)
Note:
Multiple-vehicle crashes cannot be totaled over vehicle type due to duplication of accidents between vehicle types.