| |
Fatal crashes |
Injury crashes |
Property damage-only crashes |
| |
1999 |
2009 |
1999 |
2009 |
1999 |
2009 |
| Passenger cars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
28,027 |
18,350 |
2,437,505 |
1,506,595 |
4,469,348 |
3,686,062 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
1.79 |
1.22 |
155 |
100 |
285 |
244 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
22.05 |
13.37 |
1,918 |
1,098 |
3,517 |
2,687 |
| Light trucks (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
19,959 |
17,902 |
1,165,266 |
1,066,231 |
2,491,389 |
2,865,941 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
2.22 |
1.60 |
129 |
95 |
277 |
256 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
27.37 |
17.55 |
1,598 |
1,045 |
3,416 |
2,810 |
| Motorcycles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crashes |
2,532 |
4,595 |
46,116 |
84,420 |
10,213 |
16,709 |
| Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
23.92 |
22.09 |
436 |
406 |
96 |
80 |
| Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles |
60.98 |
57.95 |
1,111 |
1,065 |
246 |
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 Highways Administration, revised by NHTSA; Registered passenger cars and light trucks - R.L. Polk & Co; Registered motorcycles - USDOT, Federal Highway Administration. |