| Crashes By First Harmful Event, Type Of Collision And Crash Severity, 2015 |
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Crash severity |
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Fatal |
Injury |
Property damage only |
Total crashes |
| Type of collision |
Number |
Percent of
total fatal
crashes |
Number |
Percent of
total injury
crashes |
Number |
Percent of
total property
damage only
crashes |
Number |
Percent of
total crashes |
| Collision with moving motor vehicle |
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| Angle |
5,778 |
18.0% |
453,000 |
26.4% |
849,000 |
18.7% |
1,308,000 |
20.8% |
| Rear end |
2,203 |
6.8 |
556,000 |
32.4 |
1,543,000 |
33.9 |
2,101,000 |
33.4 |
| Sideswipe |
824 |
2.6 |
104,000 |
6.1 |
670,000 |
14.7 |
775,000 |
12.3 |
| Head on |
3,278 |
10.2 |
70,000 |
4.1 |
70,000 |
1.5 |
143,000 |
2.3 |
| Other/unknown |
156 |
0.5 |
9,000 |
0.5 |
73,000 |
1.6 |
82,000 |
1.3 |
| Total |
12,239 |
38.0% |
1,193,000 |
69.5% |
3,204,000 |
70.4% |
4,409,000 |
70.0% |
| Collision with fixed object |
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| Pole/post |
1,427 |
4.4 |
49,000 |
2.8 |
132,000 |
2.9 |
182,000 |
2.9 |
| Culvert/curb/ditch |
2,477 |
7.7 |
59,000 |
3.4 |
151,000 |
3.3 |
212,000 |
3.4 |
| Shrubbery/tree |
2,346 |
7.3 |
43,000 |
2.5 |
66,000 |
1.5 |
112,000 |
1.8 |
| Guard rail |
909 |
2.8 |
28,000 |
1.7 |
75,000 |
1.6 |
104,000 |
1.7 |
| Embankment |
911 |
2.8 |
20,000 |
1.2 |
27,000 |
0.6 |
47,000 |
0.8 |
| Bridge |
194 |
0.6 |
3,000 |
0.2 |
13,000 |
0.3 |
16,000 |
0.3 |
| Other/unknown |
1,675 |
5.2 |
66,000 |
3.9 |
185,000 |
4.1 |
252,000 |
4.0 |
| Total |
9,939 |
30.9% |
268,000 |
15.6% |
648,000 |
14.2% |
926,000 |
14.7% |
| Collision with object, not fixed |
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| Parked motor vehicle |
348 |
1.1 |
51,000 |
2.9 |
316,000 |
6.9 |
367,000 |
5.8 |
| Animal |
182 |
0.6 |
13,000 |
0.7 |
265,000 |
5.8 |
278,000 |
4.4 |
| Pedestrian |
4,981 |
15.5 |
64,000 |
3.7 |
1,000 |
* |
70,000 |
1.1 |
| Pedalcyclist |
802 |
2.5 |
45,000 |
2.6 |
5,000 |
0.1 |
50,000 |
0.8 |
| Train |
92 |
0.3 |
(1) |
(1) |
(1) |
(1) |
(1) |
(1) |
| Other/unknown |
356 |
1.1 |
15,000 |
0.9 |
66,000 |
1.5 |
82,000 |
1.3 |
| Total |
6,761 |
21.0% |
188,000 |
10.9% |
653,000 |
14.4% |
847,000 |
13.5% |
| Noncollision |
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| Rollover |
2,823 |
8.8 |
59,000 |
3.4 |
28,000 |
0.6 |
90,000 |
1.4 |
| Other/unknown |
380 |
1.2 |
8,000 |
0.5 |
15,000 |
0.3 |
24,000 |
0.4 |
| Total |
3,203 |
10 |
67,000 |
3.9 |
44,000 |
1 |
114,000 |
1.8 |
| Total |
32,166 (2) |
100.0% |
1,715,000 |
100.0% |
4,548,000 |
100.0% |
6,296,000 |
100.0% |
(1) Less than 500 or 0.05 percent.
(2) Includes 16 crashes with unknown first harmful events.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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