CRASHES BY FIRST HARMFUL EVENT, TYPE OF COLLISION AND CRASH SEVERITY, 2010
  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 damage only crashes Number Percent of total crashes
Collision with moving motor vehicle                
Angle 5,624 18.6% 423,000 27.4% 906,000 23.6% 1,335,000 24.6%
Rear end 1,694 5.6 476,000 30.9 1,267,000 32.9 1,745,000 32.2
Sideswipe 858 2.8 63,000 4.1 398,000 10.3 462,000 8.5
Head on 2,848 9.4 66,000 4.3 66,000 1.7 135,000 2.5
Other/unknown 76 0.3 2,000 0.1 22,000 0.6 24,000 0.4
Total 11,100 36.8% 1,030,000 66.8% 2,659,000 69.1% 3,700,000 68.3%
Collision with fixed object                
Pole/post 1,441 4.8 49,000 3.2 121,000 3.1 171,000 3.2
Culvert/curb/ditch 2,485 8.2 55,000 3.6 105,000 2.7 163,000 3.0
Shrubbery/tree 2,432 8.1 46,000 3.0 61,000 1.6 109,000 2.0
Guard rail 972 3.2 28,000 1.8 70,000 1.8 100,000 1.8
Embankment 1,010 3.3 20,000 1.3 29,000 0.8 50,000 0.9
Bridge 214 0.7 3,000 0.2 11,000 0.3 15,000 0.3
Other/unknown 1,644 5.4 61,000 4.0 155,000 4.0 218,000 4.0
Total 10,198 33.8% 263,000 17.1% 553,000 14.4% 827,000 15.3%
Collision with object, not fixed                
Parked motor vehicle 327 1.1 41,000 2.7 275,000 7.1 316,000 5.8
Animal 203 0.7 14,000 0.9 254,000 6.6 268,000 5.0
Pedestrian 3,936 13.0 64,000 4.2 1,000 (1) 70,000 1.3
Pedalcyclist 610 2.0 51,000 3.3 3,000 0.1 55,000 1.0
Train 118 0.4 (2) (1) 1,000 (1) 1,000 (1)
Other/unknown 321 1.1 10,000 0.6 46,000 1.2 56,000 1.0
Total 5,515 18.3% 181,000 11.7% 581,000 15.1% 767,000 14.2%
Noncollision                
Rollover 2,987 9.9 65,000 4.2 38,000 1.0 106,000 2.0
Other/unknown 360 1.2 4,000 0.3 16,000 0.4 20,000 0.4
Total 3,347 11.1 69,000 4.5 54,000 1.4 126,000 2.3
Total all events
30,196 (3) 100.0% 1,542,000 100.0% 3,847,000 100.0% 5,419,000 100.0%

(1) Less than 0.05 percent.
(2) Less than 500 crashes.
(3) Includes 36 crashes with unknown first harmful events.

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