| |
Fatal crashes |
Injury crashes |
Property damage-only crashes |
| |
1998 |
2008 |
1998 |
2008 |
1998 |
2008 |
| Passenger cars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
29,040 |
20,376 |
2,545,000 |
1,624,000 |
4,896,000 |
3,931,000 |
Rate per 100 million
vehicle miles traveled |
1.87 |
1.29 |
164 |
103 |
315 |
249 |
Rate per 100,000
registered vehicles |
23.05 |
14.66 |
2,020 |
1,168 |
3,887 |
2,827 |
| Light trucks (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
19,363 |
19,072 |
1,059,000 |
1,095,000 |
2,315,000 |
2,848,000 |
Rate per 100 million
vehicle miles traveled |
2.25 |
1.66 |
123 |
96 |
269 |
249 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
27.75 |
18.91 |
1,517 |
1,086 |
3,317 |
2,824 |
| Motorcycles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
2,334 |
5,387 |
45,000 |
90,000 |
9,000 |
18,000 |
Rate per 100 million
vehicle miles traveled |
22.70 |
37.19 |
433 |
622 |
84 |
126 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
60.16 |
69.48 |
1,148 |
1,162 |
222 |
235 |
(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. |