2000 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 48% of the total. Collisions between a motor vehicle
and a fixed object were the next most common type, with about 26%
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
80% of injuries, 72% of injury accidents and 72% 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 49%
of fatalities and 53% of fatal accidents, but less than 25% of injuries,
injury accidents or all accidents.
Of collisions between motor vehicles, angle collisions cause the
greatest number of deaths, about 10,300 in 2000, and the greatest
number of nonfatal injuries as well as fatal, injury and all 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, 2001 Edition
Source: National Safety Council Injury Facts,
2001 Edition, estimates based on reports from state traffic
authorities
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The 2000 crash death toll among America’s
truck drivers was 5,211 for an average of 14 deaths a day. Some
140,000 truckers are injured annually in crashes. Large trucks
represent only 4% of vehicles on the roads but are involved
in 13% of traffic deaths.
(The Kansas City Star, 12/16/01) |
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