| Year | FATALITIES | VMT | FATALITY RATE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatalities | Annual Change in Fatalities | 10-year Change in Fatalities | Annual VMT (millions) | Annual VMT Growth | 10-year Growth in VMT | Annual Rate (per 100 million VMT) | Annual Change in Rate | 10-year Change in Rate | |
| 1950 | 33,186 | 458,246 | 7.24 | ||||||
| 1951 | 35,309 | 6.4% | 491,093 | 7.2% | 7.19 | -0.7% | |||
| 1952 | 36,088 | 2.2% | 513,581 | 4.6% | 7.03 | -2.3% | |||
| 1953 | 36,190 | 0.3% | 544,433 | 6.0% | 6.65 | -5.4% | |||
| 1954 | 33,890 | -6.4% | 561,963 | 3.2% | 6.03 | -9.3% | |||
| 1955 | 36,688 | 8.3% | 605,646 | 7.8% | 6.06 | 0.4% | |||
| 1956 | 37,965 | 3.5% | 627,843 | 3.7% | 6.05 | -0.2% | |||
| 1957 | 36,932 | -2.7% | 645,004 | 2.7% | 5.73 | -5.3% | |||
| 1958 | 35,331 | -4.3% | 664,653 | 3.0% | 5.32 | -7.2% | |||
| 1959 | 36,223 | 2.5% | 700,480 | 5.4% | 5.17 | -2.7% | |||
| 1960 | 36,399 | 0.5% | 9.7% | 718,762 | 2.6% | 56.9% | 5.06 | -2.1% | -30.1% |
| 1961 | 36,285 | -0.3% | 2.8% | 737,421 | 2.6% | 50.2% | 4.92 | -2.8% | -31.6% |
| 1962 | 38,980 | 7.4% | 8.0% | 766,734 | 4.0% | 49.3% | 5.08 | 3.3% | -27.6% |
| 1963 | 41,723 | 7.0% | 15.3% | 805,249 | 5.0% | 47.9% | 5.18 | 1.9% | -22.1% |
| 1964 | 45,645 | 9.4% | 34.7% | 846,298 | 5.1% | 50.6% | 5.39 | 4.1% | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 47,089 | 3.2% | 28.3% | 887,812 | 4.9% | 46.6% | 5.30 | -1.7% | -12.4% |
| 1966 | 50,894 | 8.1% | 34.1% | 925,899 | 4.3% | 47.5% | 5.50 | 3.6% | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 51,559 | 1.3% | 39.6% | 964,005 | 4.1% | 49.5% | 5.35 | -2.7% | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 53,763 | 4.3% | 52.2% | 1,015,869 | 5.4% | 52.8% | 5.29 | -1.0% | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 55,043 | 2.4% | 52.0% | 1,061,791 | 4.5% | 51.6% | 5.18 | -2.0% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 53,816 | -2.2% | 47.9% | 1,109,724 | 4.5% | 54.4% | 4.85 | -6.5% | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 53,907 | 0.2% | 48.6% | 1,178,811 | 6.2% | 59.9% | 4.57 | -5.7% | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 55,600 | 3.1% | 42.6% | 1,259,786 | 6.9% | 64.3% | 4.41 | -3.5% | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 55,096 | -0.9% | 32.1% | 1,313,110 | 4.2% | 63.1% | 4.20 | -4.9% | -19.0% |
| 1974 | 46,049 | -16.4% | 0.9% | 1,280,544 | -2.5% | 51.3% | 3.60 | -14.3% | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 45,500 | -1.2% | -3.4% | 1,327,664 | 3.7% | 49.5% | 3.43 | -4.7% | -35.4% |
| 1976 | 45,523 | 0.1% | -10.6% | 1,402,380 | 5.6% | 51.5% | 3.25 | -5.3% | -40.9% |
| 1977 | 47,878 | 5.2% | -7.1% | 1,467,027 | 4.6% | 52.2% | 3.26 | 0.5% | -39.0% |
| 1978 | 50,331 | 5.1% | -6.4% | 1,544,704 | 5.3% | 52.1% | 3.26 | -0.2% | -38.4% |
| 1979 | 51,093 | 1.5% | -7.2% | 1,529,133 | -1.0% | 44.0% | 3.34 | 2.5% | -35.5% |
| 1980 | 51,091 | 0.0% | -5.1% | 1,527,295 | -0.1% | 37.6% | 3.35 | 0.1% | -31.0% |
| 1981 | 49,301 | -3.5% | -8.5% | 1,555,308 | 1.8% | 31.9% | 3.17 | -5.2% | -30.7% |
| 1982 | 43,945 | -10.9% | -21.0% | 1,595,010 | 2.6% | 26.6% | 2.76 | -13.1% | -37.6% |
| 1983 | 42,589 | -3.1% | -22.7% | 1,652,788 | 3.6% | 25.9% | 2.58 | -6.5% | -38.6% |
| 1984 | 44,257 | 3.9% | -3.9% | 1,720,269 | 4.1% | 34.3% | 2.57 | -0.2% | -28.5% |
| 1985 | 43,825 | -1.0% | -3.7% | 1,774,826 | 3.2% | 33.7% | 2.47 | -4.0% | -27.9% |
| 1986 | 46,087 | 5.2% | 1.2% | 1,834,872 | 3.4% | 30.8% | 2.51 | 1.7% | -22.6% |
| 1987 | 46,390 | 0.7% | -3.1% | 1,921,204 | 4.7% | 31.0% | 2.41 | -3.9% | -26.0% |
| 1988 | 47,087 | 1.5% | -6.4% | 2,025,962 | 5.5% | 31.2% | 2.32 | -3.7% | -28.7% |
| 1989 | 45,582 | -3.2% | -10.8% | 2,096,487 | 3.5% | 37.1% | 2.17 | -6.5% | -34.9% |
| 1990 | 44,599 | -2.2% | -12.7% | 2,144,362 | 2.3% | 40.4% | 2.08 | -4.3% | -37.8% |
| 1991 | 41,508 | -6.9% | -15.8% | 2,172,050 | 1.3% | 39.7% | 1.911 | -8.1% | -39.7% |
| 1992 | 39,230 | -5.5% | -10.7% | 2,247,151 | 3.5% | 40.9% | 1.746 | -8.6% | -36.6% |
| 1993 | 40,134 | 2.3% | -5.8% | 2,296,705 | 2.2% | 39.0% | 1.747 | 0.1% | -32.2% |
| 1994 | 40,718 | 1.5% | -8.0% | 2,357,588 | 2.7% | 37.0% | 1.727 | -1.2% | -32.9% |
| 1995 | 41,798 | 2.7% | -4.6% | 2,422,775 | 2.8% | 36.5% | 1.725 | -0.1% | -30.1% |
| 1996 | 41,907 | 0.3% | -9.1% | 2,482,201 | 2.5% | 35.3% | 1.688 | -2.1% | -32.8% |
| 1997 | 41,967 | 0.1% | -9.5% | 2,560,372 | 3.1% | 33.3% | 1.639 | -2.9% | -32.1% |
| 1998 | 41,501 | -1.1% | -11.9% | 2,625,363 | 2.5% | 29.6% | 1.581 | -3.6% | -32.0% |
| 1999 | 41,717 | 0.5% | -8.5% | 2,679,459 | 2.1% | 27.8% | 1.557 | -1.5% | -28.4% |
| 2000 | 41,945 | 0.5% | -6.0% | 2,749,803 | 2.6% | 28.2% | 1.525 | -2.0% | -26.7% |
| 2001 | 42,116 | 0.4% | 1.5% | 2,781,462 | 1.2% | 28.1% | 1.514 | -0.7% | -20.8% |
| 2002 | NA | 2,829,336 | 1.7% | 25.9% | |||||
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