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TRAFFIC STATISTICS

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

Approximately 5,900 pedestrians are killed by automobiles every year... 85,000 suffer nonfatal injuries. Almost one-quarter of these victims are children under the age of 15 yet they represent only about 20% of the U.S. population

SCHOOL BUS CRASH DATA

For some 25 million students nationwide, the school day begins and ends with a trip on a school bus. Unfortunately, each year many children are injured and several are killed in school bus incidents. School bus related crashes killed 134 persons and injured an estimated 11,000 persons nationwide in 2005, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Over the period from 2000-2005, about 70% of the deaths in fatal school bus related crashes were occupants of vehicles other than the school bus and 19% were pedestrians. About 5% were school bus passengers and 4% were school bus drivers. Of the pedestrians killed in school bus related crashes over this period, approximately 83% were struck by the school bus. Of the people injured in school bus related crashes from 2000 through 2004, about 46% were school bus passengers, 8% were school bus drivers, and another 41% were occupants of other vehicles. The remainder were pedestrians, pedal cyclists, and other or unknown type persons.

DRUNK DRIVING

Every 30 minutes someone dies in an alcohol-related crash. Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes killed over 17,000 people in 2005 alone (latest figures available). Alcohol is a factor in 6% of all traffic crashes, and over 40% of all fatal crashes.

ROADWAY WORK ZONE

In 2007 there were 835 people killed and 41,475 people injured in work zone crashes. Compared to 2006, work zone fatalities decreased 17% and injuries increased 10%. Of the 835 people killed in work zones, 644 were in construction zones, 88 were in maintenance zones, 11 were in utility zones, and 92 were in an unknown type of work zone.

U.S. ANNUAL TRAFFIC
FATALITIES

In 2007, 41,059 people were killed in the estimated 6,024,000 police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes, 2,491,000 people were injured, and 4,275,000 crashes involved property damage only.

An average of 112 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 2007 — one every 13 minutes.