| VEHICLES INVOLVED IN CRASHES BY VEHICLE TYPE AND CRASH SEVERITY, 2003 AND 2012 |
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| |
Fatal crashes |
Injury crashes |
Property
damage-only crashes |
| |
2003 |
2012 |
2003 |
2012 |
2003 |
2012 |
| Passenger cars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
26,562 |
18,092 |
2,129,232 |
1,683,457 |
4,355,703 |
3,875,068 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
1.65 |
1.31 |
132 |
122 |
270 |
281 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
20.17 |
14.24 |
1,617 |
1,325 |
3,308 |
3,049 |
| Light trucks (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
22,299 |
17,254 |
1,232,615 |
1,087,044 |
2,804,228 |
2,705,815 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
2.14 |
1.34 |
118 |
84 |
269 |
210 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
26.21 |
14.54 |
1,449 |
916 |
3,297 |
2,280 |
| Motorcycles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
3,802 |
5,080 |
63,644 |
88,920 |
13,575 |
17,863 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
39.70 |
23.85 |
665 |
418 |
142 |
84 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
70.80 |
60.08 |
1,185 |
1,052 |
253 |
211 |
(1) Trucks with 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight. Includes pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons and utility vehicles.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Vehicle miles traveled - USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, revised by NHTSA; Registered passenger cars and light trucks - R.L. Polk & Co; Registered motorcycles - USDOT, Federal Highway Administration. |
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