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US Fatalities And Injuries By Type Of Crash
(Rev. 08/09)
2008 US Fatalities and Injuries by Type of Crash
Although motor-vehicle deaths occur more often in collisions between motor vehicles than any other type of accident, this type represents only about 39% of the total. Collisions between a motor vehicle and a fixed object were the next most common type, with about 32% of the deaths, followed by pedestrian accidents and noncollisions (rollovers, etc.).
While collisions between motor vehicles accounted for less than half of motor-vehicle fatalities, this accident type represented 73% of injuries and 66% of injury accidents and 69% of all accidents. Single-vehicle accidents involving collisions with fixed objects, pedestrians and noncollisions, on the other hand, accounted for a greater proportion of fatalities and fatal accidents compared to less serious accidents. These three accident types made up 58% of fatalities and 60% of fatal accidents, but 30% or less of injuries, injury accidents or all accidents.
Of collisions between motor vehicles, angle collisions cause the greatest number of deaths, about 7,600 in 2008, and the greatest number of nonfatal injuries as well as fatal and injury accidents.
The table below indicates the estimated number of motor vehicle deaths, injuries, fatal accidents, injury accidents, and all accidents for various types of accidents.
Excerpted from National Safety Council, Injury Facts, 2010 Edition
Excerpted from National Safety Council, Injury Facts, 2009 Edition
| Type of Accident |
Deaths |
Nonfatal Injuries |
Fatal Accidents |
Injury Accidents |
All Accidents |
| Collision with - |
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| Pedestrian |
5,900 |
85,000 |
4,500 |
60,000 |
120,000 |
| Other motor vehicle |
17,200 |
1,680,000 |
15,100 |
1,080,000 |
7,440,000 |
| Angle collision |
8,500 |
791,000 |
8,100 |
490,000 |
2,940,000 |
| Head on collision |
4,800 |
124,000 |
4,200 |
66,000 |
270,000 |
| Rear end collision |
2,700 |
675,000 |
1,900 |
463,000 |
3,350,000 |
Sideswipe and other
two-vehicle collision |
1,200 |
90,000 |
900 |
61,000 |
880,000 |
| Railroad train |
200 |
1,000 |
200 |
1,000 |
2,000 |
| Pedalcycle |
1,000 |
59,000 |
1,000 |
40,000 |
88,000 |
Animal, animal-drawn
vehicle |
100 |
5,000 |
100 |
5,000 |
490,000 |
| Fixed object |
13,500 |
360,000 |
13,100 |
330,000 |
2,150,000 |
| Noncollision |
5,200 |
110,000 |
5,100 |
84,000 |
310,000 |
| TOTAL |
43,100 |
2,300,000 |
39,100 |
1,600,000 |
10,600,000 |
Source: National Safety Council Injury Facts, 2009 Edition. Estimates based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System.
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59% of fatal crashes in the US in 2007 involved only one vehicle, as compared with 33% of injury crashes and 31% of property-damage only crashes.
(University of Michigan Transportation Safety Institute, 2009)
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