CRASHES BY FIRST HARMFUL EVENT, TYPE OF COLLISION AND CRASH SEVERITY, 2008
  Crash severity    
  Fatal Injury Property damage only Total crashes
Type of collision Number Percent of total fatal crashes Number Percent of total injury crashes Number Percent of total property only crashes Number Percent of total crashes
Collision with moving motor vehicle                
Angle  6,476 19.0% 473,000 29.0% 993,000 24.0% 1,473,000 25.3%
Rear end  1,914 5.6 464,000 28.5 1,284,000 31.0 1,750,000 30.1
Sideswipe  787 2.3 67,000 4.1 429,000 10.4 497,000 8.6
Head on  3,200 9.4 66,000 4.0 65,000 1.6 134,000 2.3
Other/unknown  113 0.3 1,000 (1) 20,000 0.5 21,000 0.4
     Total  12,490 36.7 1,071,000 65.7 2,793,000 67.4 3,876,000 66.7
                 
Collision with fixed object                
Pole/post  1,671 4.9 59,000 3.6 147,000 3.5 208,000 3.6
Culvert/curb/ditch  2,702 7.9 66,000 4.0 130,000 3.1 198,000 3.4
Shrubbery/tree  2,920 8.6 58,000 3.5 76,000 1.8 137,000 2.4
Guard rail  1,057 3.1 31,000 1.9 80,000 1.9 112,000 1.9
Embankment  1,146 3.4 21,000 1.3 30,000 0.7 53,000 0.9
Bridge  250 0.7 4,000 0.3 10,000 0.2 15,000 0.3
Other/unknown  1,852 5.4 67,000 4.1 175,000 4.2 244,000 4.2
     Total  11,598 34.1 306,000 18.8 649,000 15.6 966,000 16.6
                 
Collision with object, not fixed                 
Parked motor vehicle  362 1.1 29,000 1.8 327,000 7.9 356,000 6.1
Animal  204 0.6 13,000 0.8 255,000 6.2 268,000 4.6
Pedestrian  4,072 12.0 62,000 3.8 2,000 (1) 68,000 1.2
Pedalcyclist  706 2.1 52,000 3.2 5,000 0.1 57,000 1.0
Train  153 0.4 (2) (1) 2,000 (1) 2,000 (1)
Other/unknown  307 0.9 8,000 0.5 36,000 0.9 44,000 0.8
     Total  5,804 17.1 165,000 10.1 626,000 15.1 796,000 13.7
                 
Noncollision                
Rollover  3,686 10.8 81,000 5.0 46,000 1.1 131,000 2.3
Other/unknown  414 1.2 8,000 0.5 33,000 0.8 42,000 0.7
     Total  4,100 12.1 89,000 5.5 79,000 1.9 172,000 3.0
Total  34,017 (3) 100.0% 1,630,000 100.0% 4,146,000 100.0% 5,811,000 100.0%

(1) Less than 0.05 percent.
(2) Less than 500 crashes.
(3) Includes 25 crashes with unknown first harmful event.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.