Vehicles Involved in Crashes and Involvement Rates per Vehicle Miles of Travel and per Registered Vehicle by Vehicle Type and Crash Severity, 1975-1997

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Year Passenger Cars
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Light Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Large Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Motorcycles
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles
1975 37,897 3.7 40.11 8,636 4.2 41.35 3,977 4.9 74.16 3,265 58.0 65.77
1976 37,206 3.5 38.35 9,300 4.0 40.80 4,435 5.2 79.55 3,343 55.7 67.76
1977 39,038 3.5 39.45 10,400 4.0 42.57 5,164 5.4 90.76 4,164 65.6 84.41
1978 40,544 3.6 39.81 11,898 4.1 43.61 5,759 5.4 98.28 4,643 64.9 95.38
1979 39,999 3.6 38.63 12,544 4.3 43.36 6,084 5.6 103.27 4,916 56.9 90.67
1980 39,059 3.5 37.28 12,680 4.3 42.18 5,379 5.0 92.89 5,194 50.9 91.22
1981 38,864 3.5 36.66 12,331 4.0 39.48 5,230 4.8 91.49 4,963 46.4 85.11
1982 34,334 3.0 32.11 11,317 3.5 35.03 4,646 4.2 83.11 4,495 45.4 78.12
1983 33,298 2.8 30.52 11,118 3.3 33.62 4,877 4.2 88.54 4,302 49.1 77.03
1984 34,648 2.8 30.89 11,973 3.3 33.96 5,124 4.2 94.87 4,659 53.0 85.02
1985 34,277 2.7 29.46 12,464 3.2 33.09 5,153 4.2 85.94 4,608 50.7 84.64
1986 36,195 2.8 30.87 13,327 3.2 33.52 5,097 4.0 89.09 4,570 48.6 87.90
1987 36,580 2.8 30.52 14,514 3.3 34.81 5,108 3.8 89.33 4,067 42.8 83.24
1988 36,977 2.7 30.43 15,286 3.1 34.27 5,241 3.8 85.40 3,715 37.1 81.04
1989 35,410 2.5 28.85 15,700 3.0 33.31 4,984 3.5 80.05 3,192 30.8 72.21
1990 34,085 2.4 27.65 15,620 2.8 31.29 4,776 3.3 77.08 3,276 34.3 76.91
1991 31,291 2.2 25.37 14,832 2.5 28.49 4,347 2.9 70.43 2,829 30.8 67.72
1992 29,817 2.1 24.78 14,648 2.3 27.21 4,035 2.6 66.75 2,439 25.5 60.00
1993 30,233 2.1 24.97 15,332 2.3 27.10 4,328 2.7 71.09 2,477 25.0 62.27
1994 30,273 2.1 24.81 16,353 2.3 27.49 4,644 2.7 70.49 2,339 22.8 62.26
1995 30,940 2.1 25.11 17,587 2.3 28.13 4,472 2.5 66.55 2,268 23.1 58.20
1996 30,727 2.0 24.66 18,246 2.3 27.88 4,755 2.6 67.81 2,176 21.9 56.20
1997 29,750 1.9 23.86 18,541 2.2 27.55 4,871 2.5 68.77 2,147 21.3 56.11

Injury Crashes

Year Passenger Cars
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Light Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Large Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Motorcycles
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles
1988 3,073,000 222 2,529 683,000 140 1,530 96,000 69 1,562 98,000 974 2,129
1989 2,892,000 204 2,355 727,000 139 1,543 110,000 77 1,770 76,000 732 1,717
1990 2,838,000 199 2,302 729,000 131 1,460 107,000 73 1,730 82,000 854 1,916
1991 2,615,000 185 2,120 789,000 132 1,515 78,000 52 1,264 79,000 856 1,882
1992 2,640,000 184 2,194 758,000 118 1,409 95,000 62 1,567 61,000 642 1,509
1993 2,631,000 182 2,174 843,000 125 1,490 97,000 60 1,585 56,000 565 1,407
1994 2,785,000 191 2,283 912,000 128 1,533 96,000 56 1,452 54,000 526 1,433
1995 2,914,000 197 2,365 1,024,000 137 1,638 84,000 47 1,244 52,000 530 1,331
1996 2,908,000 194 2,334 1,080,000 137 1,650 94,000 51 1,337 51,000 516 1,323
1997 2,785,000 182 2,234 1,083,000 131 1,610 97,000 51 1,366 52,000 512 1,348

Property-Damage-Only Crashes

Year Passenger Cars
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Light Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Large Trucks
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles		 Motorcycles
Number		 100 Million
VMT		 Rate per
100,000
Vehicles
1988 6,050,000 437 4,979 1,542,000 316 3,458 297,000 215 4,839 21,000 207 453
1989 5,678,000 401 4,625 1,613,000 309 3,421 300,000 210 4,825 20,000 188 441
1990 5,485,000 384 4,450 1,654,000 298 3,314 273,000 187 4,411 20,000 208 467
1991 5,084,000 360 4,122 1,675,000 281 3,217 248,000 166 4,022 25,000 268 589
1992 4,852,000 338 4,031 1,704,000 265 3,165 277,000 181 4,586 10,000 100 236
1993 4,789,000 331 3,956 1,884,000 279 3,331 296,000 185 4,861 17,000 169 420
1994 5,126,000 351 4,202 2,023,000 284 3,401 360,000 212 5,467 13,000 128 349
1995 5,335,000 361 4,329 2,149,000 287 3,437 289,000 162 4,307 13,000 131 329
1996 5,346,000 357 4,290 2,303,000 293 3,519 296,000 162 4,219 14,000 139 357
1997 5,235,000 343 4,199 2,371,000 288 3,523 342,000 179 4,828 11,000 105 276

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