Vehicles Involved In Crashes By Vehicle Type And Crash Severity, 2005 And 2014

 

  Fatal crashes Injury crashes Property damage-only crashes
  2005 2014 2005 2014 2005 2014
Passenger cars            
Involved in crashes 25,169 17,848 1,893,000 1,685,000 4,169,000 4,279,000
Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled 1.56 1.28 117 121 258 306
Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles 18.60 13.61 1,399 1,285 3,081 3,263
Light trucks (1)            
Involved in crashes 22,964 17,136 1,209,000 1,138,000 2,919,000 3,028,000
Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled 2.03 1.30 107 87 258 230
Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles 24.23 13.88 1,275 922 3,080 2,452
Motorcycles            
Involved in crashes 4,682 4,694 80,000 87,000 18,000 19,000
Rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled 44.79 23.51 769 435 174 94
Rate per 100,000 registered vehicles 75.19 55.76 1,291 1,033 291 224
(1) Trucks with 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight. Includes pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons and utility vehicles. Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Vehicle miles traveled - USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, revised by NHTSA; Registered passenger cars and light trucks - R.L. Polk & Co; Registered motorcycles - USDOT, Federal Highway Administration.