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The occupant fatality rate (including motorcyclists) per 100,000 population, which declined by 22.7 percent from 1975 to 1992, decreased by 30.3 percent from 1992 to 2010.
[Trends 2010]
The occupant injury rate (including motorcyclists) per 100,000 population, which declined by 13.6 percent from 1988 to 1992, decreased by 40.2 percent from 1992 to 2010.
[Trends 2010]
Fires occurred in 0.1 percent of the vehicles involved in all traffic crashes in 2010. For fatal crashes, however, fires occurred in 2.8 percent of the vehicles involved.
[Vehicles 2010]

National Statistics

	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Fatal Crashes	32,166	30,056	30,202	31,006	29,867	30,296	30,862	34,172	37,435	38,648	39,252	38,444	38,477	38,491	37,862	37,526	37,140	37,107	37,324	37,494	37,241	36,254
Traffic Crash Fatalities
Vehicle Occupants
Drivers	17,466	16,470	16,520	16,838	16,474	16,864	17,670	19,279	21,717	22,831	23,237	23,158	23,352	23,625	22,914	22,914	22,971	22,654	22,730	22,572	22,370	21,596
Passengers	6,158	5,766	5,896	6,106	5,972	6,451	6,793	7,441	8,716	9,187	9,750	10,042	10,171	10,370	10,227	10,451	10,325	10,327	10,765	10,860	10,576	10,294
Unknown	71	71	67	73	64	56	63	71	94	101	83	76	104	110	102	86	96	107	114	102	118	108
Sub Total1	23,695	22,307	22,483	23,017	22,510	23,371	24,526	26,791	30,527	32,119	33,070	33,276	33,627	34,105	33,243	33,451	33,392	33,088	33,609	33,534	33,064	31,998
Motorcyclists	4,976	4,594	4,692	4,986	4,630	4,518	4,469	5,312	5,174	4,837	4,576	4,028	3,714	3,270	3,197	2,897	2,483	2,294	2,116	2,161	2,227	2,320
Nonmotorist
Pedestrians	5,376	4,910	4,779	4,818	4,457	4,302	4,109	4,414	4,699	4,795	4,892	4,675	4,774	4,851	4,901	4,763	4,939	5,228	5,321	5,449	5,584	5,489
Pedalcyclists	818	729	749	734	682	623	628	718	701	772	786	727	629	665	732	693	754	760	814	765	833	802
Other/ Unknown	227	204	190	227	200	185	151	188	158	185	186	130	140	114	123	141	149	131	153	154	109	107
Sub Total2	6,421	5,843	5,718	5,779	5,339	5,110	4,888	5,320	5,558	5,752	5,864	5,532	5,543	5,630	5,756	5,597	5,842	6,119	6,288	6,368	6,526	6,398
Total**	35,092	32,744	32,893	33,782	32,479	32,999	33,883	37,423	41,259	42,708	43,510	42,836	42,884	43,005	42,196	41,945	41,717	41,501	42,013	42,065	41,817	40,716
Other National Statistics
Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions)	3,095	3,026	2,988	2,969	2,950	2,967	2,957	2,977	3,031	3,014	2,989	2,965	2,890	2,856	2,796	2,747	2,690	2,628	2,552	2,484	2,423	2,358
Resident Population (Thousands)	321,419	318,907	316,427	314,103	311,719	309,347	306,772	304,094	301,231	298,380	295,517	292,805	290,108	287,625	284,969	282,162	272,691	270,248	267,784	265,229	262,803	260,327
Registered Vehicles (Thousands)	281,312	274,805	269,294	265,647	265,043	257,312	258,958	259,360	257,472	251,415	245,628	237,949	230,633	225,685	221,230	217,028	212,685	208,076	203,568	201,631	197,065	192,497
Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	218,084	214,092	212,160	211,815	211,875	210,115	209,618	208,321	205,742	202,810	200,549	198,889	196,166	194,602	191,276	190,625	187,170	184,861	182,709	179,539	176,628	175,403
National Rates: Fatalities
Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	1.13	1.08	1.10	1.14	1.10	1.11	1.15	1.26	1.36	1.42	1.46	1.44	1.48	1.51	1.51	1.53	1.55	1.58	1.65	1.69	1.73	1.73
Fatalities per 100,000 Population	10.92	10.27	10.40	10.76	10.42	10.67	11.05	12.31	13.70	14.31	14.72	14.63	14.78	14.95	14.81	14.87	15.30	15.36	15.69	15.86	15.91	15.64
Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	12.47	11.92	12.21	12.72	12.25	12.82	13.08	14.43	16.02	16.99	17.71	18.00	18.59	19.06	19.07	19.33	19.61	19.95	20.64	20.86	21.22	21.15
Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	16.09	15.29	15.50	15.95	15.33	15.71	16.16	17.96	20.05	21.06	21.70	21.54	21.86	22.10	22.06	22.00	22.29	22.45	22.99	23.43	23.68	23.21

** Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.

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