INJURY FACTS. 2001 EDITION

This volume covers all unintentional injuries. One section is devoted to motor vehicles. Here it is reported that between 1912 and 2000, 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 2000, there were 43,000 fatalities, but registrations soared to 224 million. This section presents motor-vehicle unintentional injury statistics in the following categories: deaths due to motor-vehicle accidents, 2000; type of motor-vehicle accident; estimating motor-vehicle crash costs; state laws; graduated licensing; alcohol; occupant protection; deaths and death rates by day and night; motor-vehicle accidents by time of day and day of week; type of motor vehicle; school bus transportation, 1999; age of driver; sex of driver; improper driving; motor-vehicle deaths by state, United States, 1997-2000; pedestrians; pedalcycles; work zone deaths and injuries; emergency vehicles; fleet accident rates by type of vehicle; motor-vehicle deaths and rates, United States, 1913-2000; motor-vehicle deaths by type of accident, United States, 1913-2000; motor-vehicle deaths by age, United States, 1913-2000; and motor-vehicle death rates, United States, 1913-2000.