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Table 2-17: Motor Vehicle Safety Data1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 (R) 1995 (R) 1996 (R) 1997 (R) 1998 (R) 1999 2000 (R) 2001 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008Fatalities 36,399 47,089 52,627 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 37,423Injured persons N N N N N N 3,230,666 3,096,870 3,069,603 3,149,164 3,265,928 3,465,279 3,483,319 3,347,614 3,192,035 3,236,238 3,188,750 3,032,672 2,925,758 2,888,601 2,788,378 2,698,976 2,574,664 2,490,533 2,345,737Crashes N N N N N N (R) 6,471,202 (R) 6,117,359 (R) 6,000,310 (R) 6,105,915 (R) 6,495,988 6,699,415 6,769,583 6,624,149 6,334,573 6,279,036 (R) 6393624 6,322,963 6,315,708 6,327,955 6,181,027 6,159,350 5,973,213 6,024,008 5,810,846Vehicle-miles (millions) 718,763 887,811 1,109,724 1,327,664 1,527,295 (R) 1,774,826 2,144,362 2,172,050 2,247,151 2,296,378 2,357,588 2,422,823 2,484,080 2,552,233 2,628,148 2,690,241 2,746,925 2,795,610 2,855,508 2,890,221 2,964,788 2,989,430 3,014,371 3,031,124 2,976,528Rates per 100 million vehicle-milesFatalities 5.06 5.30 4.74 3.35 3.35 2.47 2.08 1.91 1.75 1.75 1.73 1.73 1.69 1.65 1.58 1.55 1.53 1.51 1.51 1.48 1.44 1.46 1.42 1.36 1.26Injured persons N N N N N N 151 143 137 137 139 143 140 131 121 120 116 108 102 100 94 90 85 82 79Crashes N N N N N N (R) 302 (R) 282 (R) 267 (R) 266 (R) 276 277 273 260 241 233 (R) 233 226 221 219 208 206 198 199 195KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.NOTEFatalities data prior to 1975 have been adjusted to reflect the Fatality Analysis Reporting System's definition <strong>of</strong> a fatal crash as one that involves a motor vehicle on atrafficway, which results in the death <strong>of</strong> a vehicle occupant or a nonmotorist within 30 days <strong>of</strong> the crash.Crashes are the rounded sum <strong>of</strong> fatal crashes, an actual count from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, and injury crashes and property damage only crashes, whichare estimates from the National Automotive Sampling System-General Estimates System.SOURCESFatalities:1960-70: Estimated by U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from data supplied by U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Health and HumanServices, National Center for Health Statistics, and individual state accident reports (adjusted to 30-day deaths).1975-2009: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2009:Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 2, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 8, 2011.2010: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, Jun. 12,2012.Injured persons:1990-2001: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis,Traffic Safety Facts 2002, DOTHS 809 620 (Washington, DC: January 2004), table 2.2002-09: Ibid., Traffic Safety Facts 2009: Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 2, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 8, 2011.2010: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, Jun. 12,2012.Crashes:1990-2009: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Traffic Safety Facts 2009:Early Edition (Washington, DC), table 1, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/cats/listpublications.aspx as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 8, 2011.2010: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, Jun. 12,2012.Vehicle-miles:1960-65: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Highway Administration,Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 , FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997),table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 13, 2011.1970-2009: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, and similar tables in earlier editions, available athttp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 13, 2011.2010: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, personal communication, Jun. 12,2012.Fatality, injury, and crash rates:Calculated by U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> Statistics.

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