INJURY FACTS. 1999 EDITION
This volume covers all unintentional injuries. One section is devoted to motor vehicles. Here it is reported that between 1912 and 1998, motor-vehicle deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles were reduced 94%, from 33 to about 2. In 1912, there were 3,100 fatalities when the number of registered vehicles totaled only 950,000. In 1998, there were 41,200 fatalities, but registrations soared to more than 215 million. This section presents motor-vehicle unintentional injury statistics in the following categories: deaths due to motor-vehicle accidents, 1998; type of motor-vehicle accident; estimating motor-vehicle accident costs; state legislation; speed; alcohol; occupant protection; deaths and death rates by day and night; deaths and mileage death rates by month; motor-vehicle accidents by time of day and day of week; type of motor vehicle; school bus transportation, 1997; age of driver; sex of driver; improper driving; motor-vehicle deaths by state, United States, 1995-1998; pedestrians; pedalcycles; work zone deaths and injuries; emergency vehicles involved in accidents; fleet accident rates by type of vehicle; motor-vehicle deaths and rates, United States, 1913-1998; motor-vehicle deaths by type of accident, United States, 1913-1998; motor-vehicle deaths by age, United States, 1913-1998; and motor-vehicle death rates by age, United States, 1913-1998.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This publication was formerly "ACCIDENT FACTS"; for the 1998 Edition see TRIS 00756310.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Hoskin, A F
- Fearn, K T
- Porretta, K T
- West, J C
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 160 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Bicycle crashes; Costs; Crash types; Crashes; Drivers; Drunk driving; Emergency vehicles; Fatalities; Gender; History; Injuries; Motor vehicles; Occupant protection devices; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; School buses; Speed; State laws; Statistics; Time of crashes; Truck crashes; Work zones
- Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; History; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00784481
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0879122218
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 7 2000 12:00AM