| |
Fatal crashes |
Injury crashes |
Property damage-only crashes |
| |
1997 |
2007 |
1997 |
2007 |
1997 |
2007 |
| Passenger cars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
30,059 |
22,716 |
2,736,000 |
1,708,000 |
5,116,000 |
4,014,000 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
1.97 |
1.41 |
179 |
106 |
335 |
250 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
24.11 |
16.49 |
2,195 |
1,240 |
4,104 |
2,914 |
| Light trucks (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
18,628 |
21,686 |
1,064,000 |
1,163,000 |
2,314,000 |
3,007,000 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
2.26 |
1.84 |
129 |
99 |
281 |
256 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
27.68 |
21.48 |
1,582 |
1,152 |
3,439 |
2,978 |
| Motorcycles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
2,160 |
5,286 |
51,000 |
98,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
21.43 |
38.83 |
501 |
720 |
102 |
146 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
56.45 |
74.05 |
1,321 |
1,374 |
268 |
278 |
(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. |