Occupant fatalities in U.S. traffic by vehicle type

The time line shows the number of occupant fatalities in U.S. traffic by vehicle type from 1990 to 2011. In 2002, 20,569 occupant fatalities occurred in U.S. traffic by passenger cars.

Number of occupant fatalities in U.S. traffic by vehicle type from 1990 to 2011

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Release date

2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2011

Supplementary notes

* Subcompact cars (includes minicompact cars - wheelbase under 95 inches - and subcompact cars - wheelbase between 95 and 99 inches), compact cars (wheelbase between 100 and 104 inches), intermediate cars (wheelbase between 105 and 109 inches), full cars (wheelbase of 110 inches or greater), and unknown cars.
** Light trucks (trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles) and large trucks (trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors).
*** Motorcycles, busses, and other/unknown vehicle types.

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